Well, here I am. !st. post for a newbie. Right off the bat, I apologize for any dumb questions that have probably been asked before. I have a 2001 I picked up a few months back from the original owner with 154,000 miles on it. I am told that it has had the lift pump replaced twice and the vp44 replaced once. The truck is all stock. It also had a dealer replaced trans at 127,000 miles as I have been told. I want to install an after market lift pump and stay as close to stock equipment as possible. After reading here and on the other forum I am thinking that the Raptor 100 in front of the stock fuel filter/fuel heater would be the way to go. I guess what I would like to know is about the relibility of this particular pump and or any pump that would allow me to keep the stock filter/heater. I will probably never hot rod this truck with any increase power mods. I would also like some suggestions as to a good quality (proven) fuel pressure gauge. Thank's for puttin up with a new guy, and thank's for your time and attention..........Hood Latch

Man... Do you really want to see two Redneck's goofing off in a shop installing a fuel tank?

Man... Do you really want to see two Redneck's goofing off in a shop installing a fuel tank?

can it be any worse than watching an episode of Southpark?

Yeah of course we wanna see the vid of the gas tank r&r, lol. I see your vids, read the info and then go and fix my own junk.

how muach danger is there of that unit gettiing hit and damaged i like the filters but was leaning toward the raptor because the pics look like the filters are hanging in harms way

how muach danger is there of that unit gettiing hit and damaged i like the filters but was leaning toward the raptor because the pics look like the filters are hanging in harms way

Check out post #13 on this thread... http://forum.mopar1973man.com/showthread.php?t=1048&page=2 Mine are tucked up against the transfer case the skid plate protects the filters...

how muach danger is there of that unit gettiing hit and damaged i like the filters but was leaning toward the raptor because the pics look like the filters are hanging in harms way

I have mine mount up on the outside frame just under the cab. It is up high enough that anything that could damage the pump would have to take out the lower cab and fender skirts.

Very little danger on the inside of the frame. Even if you installed it on the outside you could always fab up a cover case for it. Just like what they do for batteries on a big rig.

how muach danger is there of that unit gettiing hit and damaged i like the filters but was leaning toward the raptor because the pics look like the filters are hanging in harms way

i thought the same thing...but i take my 2wd truck on our hunting lease with no problems...i have bottomed out the suspention a couple of time. when i get out to check the airdog...everything is fine....my is installed to pureflow's instructions. inside the framerail, and my filters do hand a little lower than the transmission.