Should disconnect batt, but make sure you don't turn key on. Have fire extinguisher handy. Even static electricity can set off gas fumes be careful. If fuel pump sounds like a coffee grinder, clean tank thoroughly. If fuel pump sounds like a happy mosquito, it's still a good one. If it starts squealing, I would replace it. There are cheaper alternatives. I replaced mine with a ten dollar fuel pump for an '86 Ford Taurus, and also got a foam tank gasket piece to make up for the difference in diameter. Had to solder the wires for the new connection, but now I have a spare I carry, and it's smaller. All I would have to do is take it out and the connector would fit. Easy to replace if I had to, on the road. Cover the splice you soldier with some kind of tubing. I did have some vapor lock on a hot day with the new pump, so I will be insulating the underside of the tank some more. I cut a vent in the front of the lower fairing next to the radiator for fresh air to flow over the fuel rail. I am insulating new fuel lines and routing one a bit different so it isn't so close to the motor. Hopefully that will solve the problem. Don't know if it was the fault of the new pump or not. Not sure about that, but the pumps were so cheap I couldn't resist. You know you have vapor lock if you remove the four Philips screws that hold the filler cover assembly, and look inside and see a steady stream of tiny bubbles coming up from the bottom of the fuel pump, when the key is off and nothing is running. Let it cool for a half hour or so, and you will be on your way, 'till it happens again.
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Should disconnect batt, but make sure you don't turn key on. Have fire extinguisher handy. Even static electricity can set off gas fumes be careful. If fuel pump sounds like a coffee grinder, clean tank thoroughly. If fuel pump sounds like a happy mosquito, it's still a good one. If it starts squealing, I would replace it. There are cheaper alternatives. I replaced mine with a ten dollar fuel pump for an '86 Ford Taurus, and also got a foam tank gasket piece to make up for the difference in diameter. Had to solder the wires for the new connection, but now I have a spare I carry, and it's smaller. All I would have to do is take it out and the connector would fit. Easy to replace if I had to, on the road. Cover the splice you soldier with some kind of tubing. I did have some vapor lock on a hot day with the new pump, so I will be insulating the underside of the tank some more. I cut a vent in the front of the lower fairing next to the radiator for fresh air to flow over the fuel rail. I am insulating new fuel lines and routing one a bit different so it isn't so close to the motor. Hopefully that will solve the problem. Don't know if it was the fault of the new pump or not. Not sure about that, but the pumps were so cheap I couldn't resist. You know you have vapor lock if you remove the four Philips screws that hold the filler cover assembly, and look inside and see a steady stream of tiny bubbles coming up from the bottom of the fuel pump, when the key is off and nothing is running. Let it cool for a half hour or so, and you will be on your way, 'till it happens again.