Well, it's been a minute.
The rebuilt pump finally locked up, the head and rotor became all 1 assembly lol.
Thanks to some super nasty fuel I used. I figured the filter would catch everything, turns out the chemical makeup was sooooooooo bad, it fused the rotor.
No worries, ordered a new pump from cat. They sent one that had 5 fuel lines and 2 coolant lines lol. Clearly not what I needed. Turns out that's the newer style pump. Returned and got the right one. Installed it and I've never heard it run sooooooooo good.
Fast forward 2 days, its running good until it starts starving for fuel? I can hear the lift pump spinning super fast, gargling, then it runs ok for a minute then falls on its face.
Limp it back to the trailer and back to the shop. Pull the feed hose to the pump and hookup to a clear hose spilling into a bucket.... It's a bunch of air.
Pulled the fuel pickup pickup lines and the suction side is absolutely rusted to death. Full of pinholes. Check online for the replacement part, only to find out it's $137, needless to say I built my own for that price lol.
Used some acid flux, silver solder and copper refrigerator line.
