Well, nigh on 4 years ago, I mistakenly introduced a significant amount of water into my fuel tank, on the order of quarts, not ounces, into about 4 gallons of fuel... yes, I know...
I tried to filter, dilute, and burn it through, to predictable results. Since money was scarce and frustration plentiful, I just had her dropped in the driveway and left her there. Prices for injectors and CP3 at the time were running $400 per injector plus core and $2500 for the pump with a $1000 core, absolutely could have just as easy been $10K per and $50K for the pump compared to my income at the time!
A couple of years ago I jacked up the left side of the bed and cleaned out the tank, replaced the sending unit (the old one had rusted), and buttoned her back up. a year later I rebuilt the filter module (sorry, that's what we called it on the F-14), which is where I got that nice brass bleed screw.
Well, now I need to sell her, but she needs to be running. She cranks great, will run on ether (again, I know, I know... ), but has zero rail fuel, so CP3 right? probably all new fuel lines in the engine bay, new FPRV and FPR, new rails (maybe clean them thoroughly with a bore brush and more expletives), run a swab through the FICM, swear at myself for not draining and cleaning her immediately, etc. The good news is that the pumps are really cheap now compared to then, the LLY pump is $824 at O'Reilly, (my employee cost is about half that!) and the LBZ pump is about $200 cheaper.
here's the question: The pumps come with a new FPR, If I follow the general advice here and go with the LBZ pump, do I need to do any tuning on an otherwise bone stock truck to get it to run right?
I really appreciate any advice and submit to being properly chastized for my stupidity.
Mark
I tried to filter, dilute, and burn it through, to predictable results. Since money was scarce and frustration plentiful, I just had her dropped in the driveway and left her there. Prices for injectors and CP3 at the time were running $400 per injector plus core and $2500 for the pump with a $1000 core, absolutely could have just as easy been $10K per and $50K for the pump compared to my income at the time!
A couple of years ago I jacked up the left side of the bed and cleaned out the tank, replaced the sending unit (the old one had rusted), and buttoned her back up. a year later I rebuilt the filter module (sorry, that's what we called it on the F-14), which is where I got that nice brass bleed screw.
Well, now I need to sell her, but she needs to be running. She cranks great, will run on ether (again, I know, I know... ), but has zero rail fuel, so CP3 right? probably all new fuel lines in the engine bay, new FPRV and FPR, new rails (maybe clean them thoroughly with a bore brush and more expletives), run a swab through the FICM, swear at myself for not draining and cleaning her immediately, etc. The good news is that the pumps are really cheap now compared to then, the LLY pump is $824 at O'Reilly, (my employee cost is about half that!) and the LBZ pump is about $200 cheaper.
here's the question: The pumps come with a new FPR, If I follow the general advice here and go with the LBZ pump, do I need to do any tuning on an otherwise bone stock truck to get it to run right?
I really appreciate any advice and submit to being properly chastized for my stupidity.
Mark
