I know there are many times more Volvo experience on this board at any given moment than I have on my best day. Multiply that by the years this board has been around and I have to think about everything has been suggested, and many of them tried. But my recent experience with a windshield washer and recent posts about in-tank fuel pumps has me wondering ......

When the front washer pump went in my Town and Country, I replaced it with a spare Volvo one I had. The old one was right in the resevoir, so I just cut the "new" one into the fluid line above the old and spliced in the wires. Voila, fluid is sucked through old pump and out onto windshield.

Recently, there was a thread about how the heck to get the sender out of your 740 sedan's gas tank (and then get it back in straight) when you need to replace the one and only fuel pump that Rex-Regina cars have. My one experience with that was taking one out at the pick-n-pull where I could hack and even then it was a struggle.

So, why couldn't one add a working fuel pump outside the tank (like the Bosch cars have) as an alternative? Yes, the Bosch's also have the "helper" pump in the tank for low fuel situations, but one could avoid those situations. The exact same kind of pump wouldn't work, but I'm sure one of similar output could be found.

I haven't seen this mentioned on this very wise board, so I assume there must be a big hole in my plan and you guys will pour through it. I also assume that because I talked about it so much, one of my Regina cars will punish me by teaching me how to R and R the fuel sender soon.

happy New Year
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1991 745 213K miles, 1991 745 210K, 1990 744 GL 183K, all Rex-Regina - past 240s