ive done alot of lurking around (both before i signed up and after ) reading and am confused on which fuel pumps are on my rig..

i have a 04.5 ram 3500 4x4 diesel ..
has the plaque on the engine that says 325hp.

from my build sheet :

built on April 27th 2004
Engine: ETH-5.9L HO Cummins Turbo Diesel

it was bought Brand new..

which Fuel pump/lift pump do i have and where do i find them at?

i know where the fuel filter is.

thanks for your time.

 

its in the tank

 

not in the tank unless the dealer fix has been installed under warranty work. his lift pump(04.5) is the little black canister that is mounted vertically to the back of the fuel filter.

 

i thought that 04.5 and 05 are the same mine is early 05 and has no black canister mine was in the tank well not anymore cause i have a fass

 

mine has never had *ANY* warranty work done on it...

thats why im asking.

 

A 04.5 should have the lift pump on the filter canister

 

theis a little Black canister mounted to the back of the Filter canister that a fuel line runs into.. is that the Lift Pump?

best regards

 

Yes, that's it.

 

The 04.5 and 05 trucks are virtually identical, except that 05's have the fuel pump in tank from the factory. 04.5 trucks still had it on the fuel filter housing.

Also the early 05's had the plastic intercoolers until DC finally realized that was a big mistake. Then later 05's went back to metal intercoolers.

 

Yea, I know I had the plastic garbage and blew it up when I hit 36 psi one evening with the wife beating up on ricers. I blew the doors off my bro-in-law's Mitsubshi Eclip with a six banger in it. Now I've got a Banks intercooler, I must say it's SWEET!!!!

 

know that i know the setup.
how do i go about figuring out why lately its been hard starting.. sometimes (only 2 times) 6 cranks to start..lately its been 4-6.. use to be 2 MAX..

fuel filter has been changed .. no mods to the fuel system.

i run Drews Brew in it.

46K on the clock.

im looking at the GDP Walbro Kit but if my stock fuel lift pump or CP3 is going id rather get it replaced in warranty before i modify and install the GDP kit.