Just an update on this. I feel foolish admitting this, but maybe it will
help the next guy. After the van being down for a week, jury rigging a Ford
fuel pump, and troubleshooting my ignition today.... The problem was the
new ignition switch I put in about a month ago new from the flaps. Put my
old one back in and Vroom!

On Thursday, May 26, 2016, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> To adapt the inlet side, you could use the older style square filter.
> Some say this filter causes pump to cavitate but I hear no difference
> running my vanagon
> Bosch pump with or without that filter. My fuel tank has the smaller
> outlet.
>
> There's a fuel pump relay bypass method shown in Bentley. Do this to see
> if pump runs.
> Search Crazyvwvanman forum name on the samba vanagon forum for a neat
> electrical diagnostic
> tool one can build. Can't recall Marks handle on this forum.
>
> Neil.
>
>
>
>
> On Thursday, May 26, 2016, Grant Johnson <smiley.grant@gmail.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','smiley.grant@gmail.com');>> wrote:
>
>> Inlet and outlet in ford pump are both 5/16. Had a heck of a time getting
>> the braided hose over the barb on the outlet, too. Van won't start so I
>> can't say if it works or not, but it's a hundred bucks cheaper than the
>> vanagon pump at Napa
>>
>> On Thursday, May 26, 2016, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> the Ford pump has same size inlet and outlet?
>>>
>>>
>>> On 5/26/16, Grant Johnson <smiley.grant@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > It's an 88, ... Fuel pump looked OG so I swapped in the
>>> > Napa pump for a Ford. That was it's own can of worms, with the fuel
>>> tank
>>> > outlet being 12 mm and the pump inlet being 7.........
>>> --
>>> Neil n
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>>
>
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> Neil n
>
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>
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>
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>
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