Date:         Fri, 11 Nov 2005 14:50:06 -0500
Reply-To:     Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM>
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From:         Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM>
Subject:      Re: success - and what to do with old fuel pump
Comments: To: Maggie Dew <wildebus@GMAIL.COM>
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>  Now that I'm done - is there any use for the old pump? It was working when
>I took it off, but had been making funny noises and may have let me down
>when it quit running in New Mexico. Not sure about that - could have been
>some dirt in there, but at any rate it got me back to Oklahoma.
>  Maggie
>'85 Subaru-Westy "Anne Bonney"

Pour the gas out of it, let it dry out for a couple of days, then cap the
ends and stow it under your rear seat. It's a fairly common failure item,
and (as you know) can stop a trip cold if it quits. Having a spare fuel
pump on hand will make sure that something *else* will fail when you are
out in the back of beyond...

Murphy drives a Vanagon, especially on Friedays,

Tim