Fleet to step side conversion questions

[454cid]

True, I'd just hate to see him yank a good factory pump that might have lasted another 20 years and drop a time bomb O Reilly's pump in and have it fail a year later.

I don't think any factory pump is going to last long at this point... the last of the GMT-400's like my 99 are 20 years old and I'm on my third pump, the original, an AC Delco purchased at the dealer, and now a Denso.

I would choose carefully when buying a pump, although, I admit, I don't know what's available for the early trucks.

 

[Supercharged111]

The early trucks get just the pump. I recently put one into an early Vortec truck and that pump came straight from the dealer.

 

[TechNova]

I have a fleetside bumper I plan to cut down for my stepside but probably won't get to it for a few months.
I thought about using a Milwaukee 18V metal circular saw and then paint the cut edge. My pad is good so I will reuse it
instead of cutting down the fleetside pad.

 

[Leonidman63]

True, I'd just hate to see him yank a good factory pump that might have lasted another 20 years and drop a time bomb O Reilly's pump in and have it fail a year later.

I worked for O'Reilly's for 10 years, buy an OE pump and don't fool with an off brand. I replaced mine with an AC Delco so I don't have to worry about being stranded on the side of the road, in the dark, where monsters roam and eat unwary drivers with broken down trucks.

 

[JCribb]

You can buy AC Delco pumps off of eBay, that’s where I got my last one and spent $40 shipped. I just looked up the part number and submitted it, and found what I was looking for.

You might wanna splurge for a fuel sending unit while you’re there.

As for the bed question, I can vouch for what everyone else has said in regards to bumper length, they are different.