There hasn't been a build thread on my '91 Spirit ES since the old SDML days. This car was built more than 20 years ago as the project started right after i purchased in 1996.
I'll try to update more with the current build configuration, but it hasn't changed much in the last dozen or more years.
The current effort has been to finally figure out why it was only intermittently starting, and the traveler was displaying a code. As it turns out, the 20 year old Ed Peters Viper Pump was bad.
https://youtu.be/e4pyvrdN8Zs
I just replaced with a GCA761, Walbro 255lph HP for the NSRT4, mounted in a TU101 pump module.
What came out was mounted in the old style hanger.
Old:
Also found the hose ruptured in the tank.
Here's the new pump, and module.
The new TU101 module came with a pump, but the pump discharge was broken right off.
Both new pumps side by side:
Had to solder the wires since they both had different connectors:
Fully assembled module:
And even managed to get it all installed in the car!
I do need to try finding a new connector for the fuel pump. The outside of the connector is broken and there is no locking clip. Is this connector used anywhere else on the car? It has a key on the bottom. Some of those other 2 wire connectors have them on the sides.
I'll have to get some fresh gas so I can test. I didn't want to reuse this old gas i removed. I replaced the fuel filter and a piece of fuel hose also.
If i have time, I'll try to get some fuel tomorrow. I have some in a 5 gal jug, but can't remember where it came from. So I'll just use it in the mower.
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