I had the filter loose and was trying to get the hose linking pump-to-filter loose at the pump end and in wrestling with it managed to snap off the plastic nipple on that (the rearmost) end of the fuel pump.� The outlet end.��I posted about it years ago.� Just one of those intensely maddening things.� I had no idea the damn thing was plastic.� I've been a lot more careful ever since.� That's one reason I like getting parts from vans in junkyards; you get practice removing things before having to do it on your own van and may therefore have a better idea of how to approach that task when the time comes.
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I was able to splint the outlet end together again using extremely thinwall tubing from a hobby shop to make�an inner sleeve, then JB Welded everything together with some thin nylon as wrap and cast material also impregnated with the JBW.��That pump�now lives in the spares bin in the van in case I or some hapless Vanagon owner needs one in a pinch.
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Stephen

--- On Tue, 2/15/11, Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@gmail.com> wrote:

From: Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@gmail.com>
Subject: Broken Fuel Pump - Was: Fuel pump
To: "Stephen Grisanti" <bike2vcu@yahoo.com>
Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
Date: Tuesday, February 15, 2011, 4:54 PM

On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 4:26 PM, Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@yahoo.com> wrote:

Then there are those of us who set out to change the filter as a normal maintenance and wind up BREAKING the fuel pump�and have to replace it also.� Just one of those learning experiences where a $20/30 minute job becomes a $200 weeklong-wait-for-the-parts-to-arrive job.� Makes you cautious about touching anything unless you absolutely must.
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Stephen

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Stephen,
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I mean no disrespect or any ill will but how on earth does one break the fuel pump when changing a filter? That must have been one heck of a terrible drag of a situation.

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Thanks,

Jeff
'85 GL (Gertie)
'90 Carat (Grover - the noble parts donor) 
'78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus