lobo411
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- 1996 Explorer 4.0 OHV
So I got in the truck this morning to go to the gym and no-start, no fuel pump whine when I turned the key. Tried 4-5 times and nothing. I gave the fuel tank a few whacks with a rubber mallet and it started right up, so I figured...fuel pump.
1996 4.0 OHV XLT 4 door US-manufactured 171,000 mi, so it's due.
Anyway, I dropped the tank, which took about 6 hours (mainly because I struggled with the one so-called quick-disconnect that wouldn't let go for 3 hrs. Finally got it out and went parts-shopping, and blah...almost impossible to get a name brand pump anymore.
Rockauto is great on parts, but frankly they're too damn slow sometimes to be reliable.
I ended up getting a Delphi CFG0198 at Autozone only to discover that it appears to be the wrong one, plus there were absolutely no instructions in the box.
So after a lot of torturous online/phone shopping, I narrowed it down to:
Delphi FG0229 from Amazon, arrives sometime Saturday, $130 after tax. Pump only.
Spectra Premium Fuel Pump and Sender Assembly SPH6042H, arrives Friday, $118 after tax, entire assembly--just bolt in.
Any recommendations? My considerations are mainly:
1. I don't want to get stuck somewhere,
2. I'd rather not do wiring. Not confident with electronics, but maybe I'll get over it.
3. I don't want to spend a ton of money on a truck that just barely passed smog last week (46 ppm on HC--47 ppm is fail)
4. I don't drive this truck a ton. I'll put on 30000 miles in 10 years.
5. I don't want to do this job ever again. When this pump fails, this truck is getting crushed into a tie tack.
Thanks!
1996 4.0 OHV XLT 4 door US-manufactured 171,000 mi, so it's due.
Anyway, I dropped the tank, which took about 6 hours (mainly because I struggled with the one so-called quick-disconnect that wouldn't let go for 3 hrs. Finally got it out and went parts-shopping, and blah...almost impossible to get a name brand pump anymore.
Rockauto is great on parts, but frankly they're too damn slow sometimes to be reliable.
I ended up getting a Delphi CFG0198 at Autozone only to discover that it appears to be the wrong one, plus there were absolutely no instructions in the box.
So after a lot of torturous online/phone shopping, I narrowed it down to:
Delphi FG0229 from Amazon, arrives sometime Saturday, $130 after tax. Pump only.
Spectra Premium Fuel Pump and Sender Assembly SPH6042H, arrives Friday, $118 after tax, entire assembly--just bolt in.
Any recommendations? My considerations are mainly:
1. I don't want to get stuck somewhere,
2. I'd rather not do wiring. Not confident with electronics, but maybe I'll get over it.
3. I don't want to spend a ton of money on a truck that just barely passed smog last week (46 ppm on HC--47 ppm is fail)
4. I don't drive this truck a ton. I'll put on 30000 miles in 10 years.
5. I don't want to do this job ever again. When this pump fails, this truck is getting crushed into a tie tack.
Thanks!