Well today I had made a stop at the local fast food place for lunch...a mistake I guess. I came out and started the truck and she idled for a couple minutes..gave a shudder and shut down..no re start. Will crank but no start. I replaced the transfer pump w/fass a year ago. Acts like she's not getting fuel. What is in the tank on these? just a fuel gauge and fuel pick up? The transfer pump is running but I am wondering about the "draw straw" that I have heard about. Do they go bad, break off, What should my next step be? Thanks in advance. Randy

You are going to need a gear puller to pull the gear off old pump. You may be able to rent, borrow or fabricate one. Here are a few links you may want to review before you to the R&R of the pump to keep fresh in your mind. These links and videos will help you to ensure you have all of the tools and supplies on hand to do the job and not stress out because you get stranded in the middle of the job because of a missing tool or other item: http://www.nwbombers.com/membersites/kent/vp44.html

or you can go here and get them all in the same place. I may have missed some: http://www.youtube.com/user/dieseldanmac#p/u Good luck and be sure to let us know how things go!

those are great instructional videos. its actually a pretty straight forward job. i would just push the issue of making sure the pump key is at 12 oclock it will fall in the gearcase if not paying attention then it wont be such a easy job. and i dont have a special puller. i use a standard t-bar puller from oreilly's i've had for years and it works great.

Some folks super glue or locktite the key on the shaft so it won't fall off. Definitely some cheap insurance. Just be sure the key is installed the correct way or that timing will be a little off. I think the video's cover that too.

Well, I finally got my VP44 today, thought it would never get here.......wish me luck with the install.... Randy

Best of luck, hope it goes smoothly.

Well did you get it in yet? Let us know how it worked out for you!!

Well fellers, I got around to installing my VP on Sunday morning, It really went pretty smooth all things considered.The whole job took me about 5 hrs to complete, but I also removed the radiator and shroud ect and de-greased and power washed all of that due to other posts about how dirty it gets in between the rad and the inter cooler, mine was pretty dirty!!I also washed down the front of the engine and the engine bay before disassembly, I don't like to work on anything when it's dirty, makes the job go faster in the long run I think!The only thing I wished I had seen earlier was the suggestion to possibly change the cam position sensor while the pump is out......I am not sure how often these fail but it looks like a lot easier job when the pump is out than if it fails later.Please, all of you accept my heartfelt thanks for all of your advice during this past endeavor...".CHFS".....Cummin's Heart Failure SyndromeCummin's better than Strokin any day

I was told dealers quote 8 hours. So you did it and all the cleaning in 5?, Nice work! Nice to see you look ahead at things down the road too. Sounds like you should be set for a long time. How does it run now?

She ran rough as heck for about 5-6 minutes then smoothed right out, running sweet as it ever did, and mileage seems up a bit also.

Glad to hear it went smooth.