Glad it worked out.

Did you wire a switch away from pump to turn it on for back flushing?

While doing the fuel hoses to/from pump, had pause to look into the fuel
pump on my new Westy. *Looked* clean, but maybe I too should have back
flushed it.  (this van may have sat a while)

My mostly uneducated guess is that the pump with the broken nipple is
"toast".  There's a fair amount of pressure on that side. Couple that up
with vibrations and my guess is that any fix, even say a part threaded and
"glued" into the hole, would not be reliable.

Neil.

On Fri, Jun 8, 2012 at 10:12 PM, Jeff Lincoln <magikvw@gmail.com> wrote:

You know the saying about hind sight......well, im my excitement to install
> the new gas tank and get Gertie back on the road I didn't even think about
> the fuel pump or filter and you guessed it that was the problem.
>
> My Fuel Pump was full of junk (thanks Neil) - I knocked a bunch of crud out
> of it - rust chunks, some boogery looking stuff, and a glob of sand, rust,
> and fibers all stuck together.
>
> Then I  connected the pump to the battery and switched the wires opposite
> (carefully) and back flushed the filter with some gas. The screen in there
> is pretty clean looking now. Runs like a top and lots of power.
>
> Installed a new filter too.
>
> Now in the process I broke the plastic outlet "nipple" off of my spare fuel
> pump - any ideas on how I might repair that?
>
> Thanks to all who replied to my original post - I greatly appreciate your
> input and advice.
>
>
>
> --
> Thanks,
>
> Jeff
> '85 GL (Gertie)
> '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's Bus
>

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Neil n

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