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Yeah they very good for sure, but I like having a prefilter set up on the system. I think it's important from what I have read in the past anyway. You can't have a prefilter on the mechanical pumps if I'm not mistaken.

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49 minutes ago, JAG1 said:

 

 

An Air Dog goes out and you get a free one sent to you. It's a good deal that way. Rich guys on here go for the mechanical pumps they the best, 

I’m far from Rich and have a mechanical pump, when all said and done it’s about the same price as the air dog or fass set up, 

 

21 minutes ago, JAG1 said:

You can't have a prefilter on the mechanical pumps if I'm not mistaken.

The mechanical uses a pre-strainer, 26 micron I believe 

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8 hours ago, dripley said:

If you do want the prefilters like an the AD and FASS thats when the mechanical gets expensive unless you have a cheap source for the filter heads. 

Please explain, but please don't bauck at me my wife does that enough.

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Here's a photo of my injection pump.   It is a replacement remanufactured pump purchased from @dieselautopower and installed 8/25/17 by me and @Mopar1973Man in Riggins, ID.  The truck had about 97,000 MI on it.  Some rebuilders use tape/label, some use paint and some use both.  You can see the yellow anti-tampering paint on the screw head like yours has on it.  Yes, I'm still using banjo fittings from the filter to the pump.

 

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So @IBMobile, you think it could have possibly been replaced? 

 I've been getting mixed opinions, it's not a huge deal either way. If it has been replaced I don't believe it was that long ago which tells me it will last that much longer is all. A VP is a pretty big expense so if it had been replaced it more of a piece of mind.

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Your pump has been replaced.   There should be a tattle tale tape saying warranty void if removed on the connector where I circled.   Yours is missing.  your warranty is void. :duh:

 

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I know my brother's 2001 had it.

 

GL

Hag

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I too wonder about my VP44. I'm assuming mine is the original pump, I don't see any yellow tamper indicator paint on any of the fasteners, although the yellow void sticker is there but ripped. My truck had around 211k when I purchased it in 2013. The first thing I did was install a fuel boss mech fuel pump and big line kit.  Now I'm at 232k, no pump issues so far.  @Mopar1973Man mentioned expect Vp44's to last 250k average. So I guess that makes me a bit nervous if my truck has the original Vp44

 

Regardless I am at least certain that it's the correct VP44 for my truck HO 245 HP / 6 speed.

The numbers on my VP44  pump end in 28, which means it's a multiple of 7 (14, 21 or 28) which is specific for the HO 245 HP.  Which transmission do you have? If you have a chance update your truck details in your signature.  Maybe check out this video to at least verify that you have the correct pump for your engine/trans. If it's not the correct pump for your engine / trans then at least you have a tell tail sign right there that it may have been changed.

 

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