Attention: TDR Forum Junkies 
well as my luck would have it I had to change my lift pump in a camground 
. The day before my wife and I are to leave on a two week camping trip I start my truck to go to work and the fuel pressure is all over the place anywhere from 0 to 13 psi. I imediatley called work and said I would be late and called Cummins and went to pick up a fuel pump. I test drove the truck and the fuel seemed to hold steady at about 12 so I went work after picking up a new pump. I got home from work that night after picking up another fuel pressure guage that I could check at the test port on the fuel filter thereby checking the gauge in the cab. We load up the fifth wheel and head out, pressure seems to hold at 12psi cruising the interstate at about 65 mph. 400 miles later we arive at the camground in the up and set up camp we are only staying one night. The next morning we pull out trailer in tow and heading up a hill my fuel pressure guage says 0 
. I pull back in the campground right into the spot we had the night before and pay for another day. Enough is enough I am going to install the new pump right now! I pull out the two bolts holding on the fuel filter and procede to pull off the pump. I get the fuel line off , the 3 12mm nuts, and the 2 banjo bolts off, now all I have is the 10mm nut holding on the fuel input line on. Tha crappy chinese tool set I carry for just this kind of The 10mm socket spits right in half 
. By now I am the "spot" in the camground attracting any and all gearheads. A very nice guy came over with a 10mm socket and I was on my way. Bolted up the new pump, primed the line at the test port and fired up the truck. 16 psi! Holds 14 to 15 buzzing down the highway and never went below 12. It was actaully more fun doing it there than at home I met some nice guys and had a few beers with them afterwards. One guy (a farmer) had a cummins 12 valve with 650,000 miles on it and another guy had a 90 chevy he had put a 409 in. I guess guages and spare pumps are a must. By the way this was at 50,000 miles.
. The day before my wife and I are to leave on a two week camping trip I start my truck to go to work and the fuel pressure is all over the place anywhere from 0 to 13 psi. I imediatley called work and said I would be late and called Cummins and went to pick up a fuel pump. I test drove the truck and the fuel seemed to hold steady at about 12 so I went work after picking up a new pump. I got home from work that night after picking up another fuel pressure guage that I could check at the test port on the fuel filter thereby checking the gauge in the cab. We load up the fifth wheel and head out, pressure seems to hold at 12psi cruising the interstate at about 65 mph. 400 miles later we arive at the camground in the up and set up camp we are only staying one night. The next morning we pull out trailer in tow and heading up a hill my fuel pressure guage says 0 . I pull back in the campground right into the spot we had the night before and pay for another day. Enough is enough I am going to install the new pump right now! I pull out the two bolts holding on the fuel filter and procede to pull off the pump. I get the fuel line off , the 3 12mm nuts, and the 2 banjo bolts off, now all I have is the 10mm nut holding on the fuel input line on. Tha crappy chinese tool set I carry for just this kind of The 10mm socket spits right in half . By now I am the "spot" in the camground attracting any and all gearheads. A very nice guy came over with a 10mm socket and I was on my way. Bolted up the new pump, primed the line at the test port and fired up the truck. 16 psi! Holds 14 to 15 buzzing down the highway and never went below 12. It was actaully more fun doing it there than at home I met some nice guys and had a few beers with them afterwards. One guy (a farmer) had a cummins 12 valve with 650,000 miles on it and another guy had a 90 chevy he had put a 409 in. I guess guages and spare pumps are a must. By the way this was at 50,000 miles.
