I went with the tried and true Walbro pump. Hey it works, it’s cheap and everyone uses it. I won’t question that, so in it goes.
First step is to remove the carpet from the trunk, and then you’ll see the access panel for the fuel pump. It’s held in by four 10mm screws. Remove those. You should now see the cap for the fuel tank. There’s probably years of dirt and grim on it, so clean that off at this step.
Next up, unhook the three hoses and the two electrical connectors. With those out of the way you can remove the large plastic nut that holds the cap in place. Supposedly there’s a tool for this. I just used an oil filter wrench, like this one <PICTURE>
Once you have that removed, lift the cap slightly, being careful not to drop anything into the tank. There should be two electrical connectors and a hose connected to the cap. Unhook the connectors and then follow the rubber hose into the tank. You’ll reach a metal bracket that you should pull straight up on. This is the bracket that the fuel pump is attached to. <PICTURE> Remove it, and be careful not to turn it over. There’s likely fuel still inside the pump.
Oddly enough the upgraded Walbro pump is significantly smaller then the OEM pump. Cool, more flow and less weight!! I love having my cake and the icing.
Remove the OEM pump from the bracket and replace it with the WALBRO pump as indicated in this picture: <PICTURE> Now you’ll need to cut the OEM harness near the factory pump and attach it to the connector that was included with the new pump. I used solder and heat shrink tubing here, even though the kit included crimp-on butt connectors. I’m not a huge fan of these, especially in this “environment”.
Now you can reinstall everything by just reversing the steps above. The large o-ring around the cap should be replaced with a new one.