Getting New Walbro Fuel Pump. Wiring Q

[datfreak]

hi, I just ordered a walbro pump for my r33gts. IT seems to have leads instead of the standard pumps screw terminals.

How do I install it? If I solder the new wires on will standard heatshrink be ok in the tank(and will not melt in petrol, and short)?

Or can I screw the two o-terminals together, and somehow insulate them?

Anyone remember how they did it?

[Simon-S14]

cut, solder, heatshrink it and it will be fine. cable tie the wires seperatly if worried about that.

what i usually do when joining wires is stagger them. so dont cut and join both nect to each other make one join shorter or further down then the other join. i do this for all kinds of wiring jobs and it makes it neater and a little bit more reliable.

[datfreak]

is heatshrink ok inside the tank?

[Simon-S14]

i have never had an issue with it before. pulled a tank out the other day that had been in there for 3+ years and the heat shrink was the same as the day i put it in

[datfreak]

Thats great - thankyou

i have never had an issue with it before. pulled a tank out the other day that had been in there for 3+ years and the heat shrink was the same as the day i put it in

[R33 S2]

hey guys, i bought a walbro pump and they had crimp connecters in the pack so i used them. would i be better soldering and heat shrinking?

[tridentt150v]

personal choice, its up to you really. I'd probably solder, they don't fall apart.

[newcastler32]

+1 for solder and heatshrink, never had a problem.

[Spurdo]

crimped bullet connectors work awesome if you do a decent job of it, just make sure they're insulated sufficiently. today i pulled out my walbro which i used cheap shitty connectors with a few years ago, havent caused any problems but since i was putting the bosch in i decided to tidy up the wiring, and came up with this setup, now theres no more cutting required when i change pump.

also i've put an extra ground it (just for fun) that goes directly to chassis through the pump cradle, theres a spade terminal connector up top there on the factory cradle so what else could that possibly be for?

make sure you run the wires in such a way that they wont foul the float switch as it comes up.