Problem with my SVT pump

[slowmkviii]

97 mark viii
has anyone put one in
I came across a problem the SVT pump is shorter than the stock one
was wondering if the 98 is a little different
maybe if the top part was flat across the top (Pic 2)
I have some ideas on how to fix it but would like more
If the 98 basket is different then does someone have one for cheap

 

[DLF]

What you're taking out doesn't look like the stock pump to me.

 

[DLF]

However, I do see what you're talking about in your second pic.

My top two pics are from my '98, the bottom two pics are from a '97 that I worked on.

On every Gen 2 that I've seen, those two connections are even.

Why can't you use the basket top from the Focus assembly? I have seen posts where people did that.

 

[slowmkviii]

the top of the focus basket is different the bottom is the same
I was thinking of using the non stepped piece from the focus but it
has a check valve on the top would that be ok and if I do that can I use normal
fuel hose to replace the clear plastic stuff (I dont think It will survive when it comes off)
The pump in there is a denso unit

 

[98lincmk7lsc]

Why not just use your stock basket? That's what I did.

 

[DLF]

I've never done it, sorry. But if you do try it, make sure that you use hose designed to be immersed in gasoline, not normal external fuel hose.

 

[slowmkviii]

Why not just use your stock basket? That's what I did.

Im trying to use the stock basket but the new pump is shorter than the stock one
As you can see in pic #2 there is a step to allow for a taller pump. I was wondering if i could use the focus one (has check ball in top) or if someone had a 98 assembly here for cheap.

 

[98lincmk7lsc]

I don't think that was stock....

 

[97MarkJA]

I don't think that was the stock pump either.. I did the focus pump also and had no issues.

 

[slowmkviii]

I think it is stock it looks like the one in the Tec section

Im going to try and use the new hose and check valves from the focus basket.

 

[97MarkJA]

I used the check valve and hose also. I put it in a pot iv water on the stove until I could get it apart and the clamped it back on.

 

[slowmkviii]

I wish I would have done that.
I use a heat gun at work it melted a little but should be fine i think.

97 did you also use the focus pump top that connects to that hose?

 

[DLF]

I think it is stock it looks like the one in the Tech section.

So it does. There must have been a production change at some point.

 

[97MarkJA]

I used the mark fuel hat. Slid the black rubber piece off the stock pump and put it on the focus pump.
I also replaced the sending unit with the focus one. Swapped over the float arm. I believe the focus sending unit swung the other way.

 

[Rich88LSC]

I used the stock basket and had no problems and I do not remember which rubber bottom piece I used though, the Mark one or the Focus one.