Temp inline fuel pump for 350 tbi

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The tank, pump and sender in my '92 C1500 350 TBI Burb are all garbage and I need a temp solution to move the vehicle. At minimum I need to move it about 5 miles, but ideally about 75 miles. Is there an inline fuel pump that will produce the correct fuel pressure for the injectors (9-15psi) that I can just rig directly to the battery? I can figure out switching, lines, filter, tank, etc, just having a hard time trying to source a cheap pump with the pressures required for the TBI. I've read that it might be possible to use a higher pressure pump, but when is it too much. Any help is appreciated.
 

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I'm running a Vortec fuel pump (60 psi) on my truck, and back when I still had the TBI on it that fuel pump worked just fine.
 

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Thanks for the suggestions. Unfortunately the Bosch pump is much more than we (my brother and I) can afford at the moment. If we had the few hundred dollars needed, we would just do it the right way with new parts. For now I'll keep searching cheep pumps on the jungle web.
 

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We both just did repairs to our daily drivers which is why we need to be cheap.
disconnect the driveshaft and flat tow the truck the 5 miles

Rent a dolly and tow it it with another vehicle the 75.

The driveshaft NEEDS to be removed unless it was a manual transmission then you could leave it in neutral

Just make sure to paint mark the drivesahft so you install in the proper way and the proper phasing
 

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Thanks for the suggestions. Unfortunately the Bosch pump is much more than we (my brother and I) can afford at the moment. If we had the few hundred dollars needed, we would just do it the right way with new parts. For now I'll keep searching cheep pumps on the jungle web.

Do it right or do it again. My plow truck is absolutely riddled with cheap crap that only exists on Fleabay. Pump and module was among my more recent replacements. Again, why not just tow the thing?
 

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The tank, pump and sender in my '92 C1500 350 TBI Burb are all garbage and I need a temp solution to move the vehicle. At minimum I need to move it about 5 miles, but ideally about 75 miles. Is there an inline fuel pump that will produce the correct fuel pressure for the injectors (9-15psi) that I can just rig directly to the battery? I can figure out switching, lines, filter, tank, etc, just having a hard time trying to source a cheap pump with the pressures required for the TBI. I've read that it might be possible to use a higher pressure pump, but when is it too much. Any help is appreciated.
Any external pump will work, if it isn't so big it overcomes your pressure regulator and return line. I've run my '68 Charger for a decade on an inexpensive Walbro inline pump.
I'd expect any box auto parts to have one or source it quickly, or these are nice-
 
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