Tks John.  Much appreciated.

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From: John <vanagonvw@gmail.com>

> Sam Conant wrote:
> > My 84's fuel pump has been whining for more than a year now ...
> > Problemo???
> > Sam Conant
> >
> >
>
> You should change the filter ahead of the pump, if you got, and if not,
> get one, so it is clean and not starving the pump.
>
> Then, for daring folks like me, remove the pump to the work bench, and
> turn it on, with the wires backwards, to make the pump run backwards.
> Have a hose in a gas can, to the outlet of the pump, make the final
> connections to the pump, as far away from the gas and the fumes as
> possible. (keep those sparks away......and run it for a few seconds.
>
> I have done this, and it causes quite a bit of gunk to be disgorged from
> what I guess is some kind of screen at the inlet to the pump.
>
> Since some will think this a bad thing, I never said it, but it works
> for me :-)
>
> John