1998 Savana-1500 Fuel Pump

[jgattian]

Conversion van with raised roof. Van died this morning. Towed to shop. Shop says fuel pump out. $1,047 to replace fuel pump. They said fuel pump has evap canister and sending unit built in. Can the pump and labor be that much? Anyone out there replaced their's? How difficult?

Thanks in advance.

[jgattian]

Update: Replaced fuel pump myself. Dealer price for pump $536. RockAuto $223. e-Bay $135 +11 shipping. Bought the fuel pump on e-Bay for $146 total. Total job time 2.5 hours. It took 1.0 hours just to siphon the gas from the tank (it was nearly full). Jacked up driver side of van and support van with jack stands. Removed 2 bolts holding tank straps and tank dropped down. There were 2 electrical connectors and and 2 fuel lines to remove all by hand (no special tools required). The pump was held in by a large snap ring (the manual said that there was a locking ring that would have to be hammered out with a drift punch). Pulled the old pump out. Put in the new pump and new seal and needed a helping hand from my brother to hold the spring loaded pump in the tank while putting the snap ring back in. I left the tank under the van while changing the pump. I did not want to remove some other lines and an electrical connector at the front of the tank. On a difficulty scale of 1 to 5 I would rate this a 3.