B4 replacing fuel pump I'd inspect carefully what is in the fuel filter.
In all cases I suggest inspecting, testing, and some good diagnosis
before getting parts, unless you just want a spare new fuel pump anyway,
for example.

Here I'll say it, and I don't mean to be mean ..
people who don't know how to test and check things often get parts
first, before they have any idea if it's a component, a poor connection,
something dirty etc. Fully 3/4ths of what I fix on vanagons involves
cleaning, adjusting, tweaking, etc.
   Of course tired parts need to be replaced, but so often it's not a
component.
I'll tryto stay in lurk mode. Just tryin' to help ya.

On 4/30/2013 7:39 AM, TJ Hemrick wrote:
> All, I was driving the kids to school today and my 87 GL started slowing
> down, no dash lights, no throttle response.  Just like being out of gas
> except no surging or sputtering.  Just to be safe, I put in 5 gallons, a
> shot of ether, crank it over, but it won't stay running.  contacts on fuel
> pump r clean also.  Anyone know of a component failure that would shut me
> down like this?  l'n thinking bad fuel pump as it ran on pure ether.
>