Step one. Bought the van.
Hello Everybody, First post. I camp a lot in tents but after spending three days straight in a tent in the rain at Dolly Sods I swore I'd make a change. Here it is. Bought it Wednesday. Dro...
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Webasto heater install continued:
With the heater running and my hand on the van I could feel the clicks from the fuel pump. I need to do a better job of isolating it. I used the backup fuel pump for this.
Here's some pictures of the info on the pump.
I'm going to redo both the pump mounting and the way it's bolted to the van. Use a piece of heater hose as my rubber supplier.
Cut a piece off the hose the same length as the fat part of the pump.
Split the hose down it's length then wrap around the fuel pump. You can see that one piece warps around the pump a little more than half.
Cut and split a second piece of heater hose and wrap around the pump.
Trim off the piece of hose that overlaps. Add a second layer of rubber hose using the same method. Stagger the cuts from the two different layers so they don't line up.
Screw clamp the pump with it's new mounting to the metal bracket.
Be sure you're using good quality screw clamps. A lot of foreign/inferior ones floating around.
Cut and drill a couple of pieces of hose to isolate the metal bracket from the van body.
Check the the two rubber squares are larger that the washers I'm using and that the bolt fits.
One piece of rubber goes on each side of the van body.
Bolt the new pump mount into place and attach the fuels lines.
This new mounting worked much better in isolating the pump clicking from the van body. I won't claim it's 100% effective but close enough.
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With the heater running and my hand on the van I could feel the clicks from the fuel pump. I need to do a better job of isolating it. I used the backup fuel pump for this.
Here's some pictures of the info on the pump.
I'm going to redo both the pump mounting and the way it's bolted to the van. Use a piece of heater hose as my rubber supplier.
Cut a piece off the hose the same length as the fat part of the pump.
Split the hose down it's length then wrap around the fuel pump. You can see that one piece warps around the pump a little more than half.
Cut and split a second piece of heater hose and wrap around the pump.
Trim off the piece of hose that overlaps. Add a second layer of rubber hose using the same method. Stagger the cuts from the two different layers so they don't line up.
Screw clamp the pump with it's new mounting to the metal bracket.
Be sure you're using good quality screw clamps. A lot of foreign/inferior ones floating around.
Cut and drill a couple of pieces of hose to isolate the metal bracket from the van body.
Check the the two rubber squares are larger that the washers I'm using and that the bolt fits.
One piece of rubber goes on each side of the van body.
Bolt the new pump mount into place and attach the fuels lines.
This new mounting worked much better in isolating the pump clicking from the van body. I won't claim it's 100% effective but close enough.
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