Land Rover How-To submitted by Dave on 08 Mar 2010
How-To: Repair or Replace a Fuel Pump in a Land Rover Range Rover Classic
RangeRovers.net has a nice article on how to access, rebuild, and / or replace fuel pumps on Land Rover Range Rover Classics (to 1995).
Categories covered include:
Introduction: Design and Failure Modes
Access: OEM and Owner-Cut Access Hatches
Accessing Fuel Pump by Removing Loadspace Floor
Accessing Pump by Official Method Without Hatch
Fuel Pump Removal from Tank
Dismantling the Pump Assembly
Fuel Pump Rebuild
Fuel Level Sender Problems and Solutions
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Complete with lots of helpful photos, it starts:
Introduction: Design and Failure Modes
The Range Rover's fuel pump is mounted inside the tank, through a hole in its top. It is mounted in a special collapsible intake assembly to allow it to keep on operating when the bottom of the tank is deformed by hitting rocks and other terrain obstacles. However, failure of the fuel pump due to various causes is the most common reason for a Range Rover to be towed into a shop. The most frequent failure modes are: [snip]
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