I just spent an hour trying to take apart the stupid white plastic assembly.. Lack of tools and the cold weather didn't help much.
Anyhow, if anyone has changed their own fuel pump on a 5thgen, how did you take off the top shell piece to gain access to the pump??

 

all this $ on a s/c and still no fsm or hanes manual?

this is the 4th gen.. dunno is 5th gen is the same
http://home.earthlink.net/~msue2/Walbro/FPassembly.jpg

 

He bought the Hanes manual but its a POS... 93-01 maxima's, but there are no pics or detailed instructions for a 5th gen, only 3rd gen pics and the ocassional mustang in there for some reason

my garage smells like gas now!

 

This is for the 4th gen, which is practically the same as on the 5th gen:

http://vbxmaxima.8m.com/fuel%20pump.html

Any write-ups or tips you guys can give would help when I do this install in a few weeks.

 

It's not the same.. 5thgen's have a whole compartment that hold's the fuelpump, filter etc.. If you can disassemble the compartment, you gain access.. It'll probably simpler if the weather wasn't so cold..
Anyhow, I'm gonna try and attempt it sometime this week again. I'll post a write up.

 

I would imagine 4th and 5th being very similar... check out some pics...

http://home.earthlink.net/%7Emsue2/Walbro.htm

 

Thanks for your help everyone even though it didn't do much b/c 4th and 5thgen assemblies are totally different..

Anyhow, I have a few questions.. Is it suppose to be this loud???

Also what should the fuel pressure be??

 

Albert...

It will be noticeably louder than your stock FP, did you take out your inline pump too? If not then you will have to.

Base FP should jump 5 PSI or so.

 

I didn't take out the inline..
It's weird though.. The walbro doesn't always seem to be working.. Sometimes I get stock FP and sometimes I get the upgraded FP..
It seems like only the inline is working when the FP is at stock PSI but not always..

I am lost yet again..

 

It's not the fuel pump that control the FP... It's the FPR and the FMU. Remember FPR increase FP as vacuum levels drop and the FMU increases FP as boost increases...

 

I have a write up on my car that I did a few weeks ago. Its on my website.

 

If only you'd posted this about 1 day earlier........

 

Sorry I never thought of it until this tread. I will start to do it on everything that I do. (with pics from now on). there is also a write up on the 300ZX TT brake mod there too.

 

It's ok.. I've decided to keep my inline...