The stock fuel pump was just not cutting it for the S10 so it needed an upgrade. Bed off, and new fuel pump in! It was going so well until I broke it! :(
You are doing a great job refining your build. I am interested in what you are doing because you seem to be formally educated. I have completed builds like this but have only an automotive certificate from an accredited College. You seem to be engineer status. It is interesting to see how you overcome blockades and obstacles during the sorting process. EDIT: Keep the evap system functional. It keeps the fuel system closed so that gasoline vapors are not vented around the vehicle. This is important especially if you park it in a garage. You do not want your nice truck stinking up the garage of fuel vapors. The vapors are stored inside of the charcoal canister and are burned in the engine upon cold start. It also saves fuel, because the engine uses it during warm up.
Thank you for the kind words! I'm really glad you enjoy it! I did want to keep the evap system but it dumped fuel out of the canister. It also had that pesky air injection pump that goes bad. I replaced the damn thing 4 times! More complexity than I was looking for but I kept all the parts and can retrofit in the future if I want. And let's be honest, with a build like this I'm not too worried about MPGs 🤣
Dude I jus stumbled upon your vids last night and noticed the psu sticker on the back window and your sweatshirt was a penn state shirt... I’m also from the 814 and am building a s10 sbc swapped... I live in Zion pa . Maybe we’ll bump into each other somewhere... shit shoot me a txt and let’s get together with these trucks
His first time doing it? Yep. I noticed a strong structure support beam in the building over the front part of the bed. I would have took out all of the nuts holding the bed except the rears. Then only loosened the nuts on the rear the bed. Then I would pull the front of the bed up with a hoist or "come-along" tied to the beam and the front of the bed to access the pump. Next I would secure the bed in that position for safety and then change out the pump. No need to mess with anything else,. drop bed back down, replace bolts, and done. Right?
@@mikejohns3104 there are a few ways to do it ! Drop the tank - cut an access hole in the bed ! The 2 best ways are remove all 8 bolts remove the taillamps - drop the bumper and slide the bed back ! I prefer removing the left side bolts and loosing the right side bolts then lift the bed and put a few blocks on the frame rail !
All good ideas. Ultimately I wanted to take the bed completely off to fix the return line. I couldn't do it properly when I did the original build and taking the bed off only took about 45 min and gave me good access so a win in my book!
@@kalemullikin ! Always wanted to try an electric inline fuel pump ! in tank pumps are a pain and they can fail with no warning ! The only time my 3 s10 's died on me was losing fuel pressure !
