Fuel pickup for diesel tank

[Harrinad]

For those of you who did a diesel swap on a Grand Wagoneer did you use the original tank pickup or did you need to get a larger one to keep up with the fuel flow of a 4bt? The 4bt is stock rotary pump, 110 hp if I remember correctly, nothing turned up.

[scout4bta]

For those of you who did a diesel swap on a Grand Wagoneer did you use the original tank pickup or did you need to get a larger one to keep up with the fuel flow of a 4bt? The 4bt is stock rotary pump, 110 hp if I remember correctly, nothing turned up.

I kept the same size pick up tube in my Scout (5/16) with a 4BT. I eventually had it producing 200 hp/400 ft lb tq with the factory 5/16 fuel line with out a problem.
So yes you can use the factory pick, But I would advise you to remove any sock/filter at the end. The VE lift pump is a diaphragm, that type doesn't have very much strength sucking fuel. So any restriction from the sock/filter may be a problem.
And I'm leaving the factory 5/16 fuel line in my GW when I swap the gas for a 4BT, P-pump.

[Tigger4X]

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And I'm leaving the factory 5/16 fuel line in my GW when I swap the gas for a 4BT, P-pump.

With the P-pump Vs the VE you can eliminate the lift pump, fuel/water filter, and such by installing an AirDog unit. There are a few models to choose from that will give you not only better filtration and fuel delivery, but you can increase the pressure if/when you decide to add more HP to the engine.

[scout4bta]

With the P-pump Vs the VE you can eliminate the lift pump, fuel/water filter, and such by installing an AirDog unit. There are a few models to choose from that will give you not only better filtration and fuel delivery, but you can increase the pressure if/when you decide to add more HP to the engine.

Those are very nice units but I prefer to keep my Diesel as mechanical, non electrical as possible.
If I do decide to install a #10 fuel plate I'll use 3/8 fuel line.

[Harrinad]

Any tips or pictures on how to adapt the GW fuel pickup into the new tank?

[scout4bta]

Any tips or pictures on how to adapt the GW fuel pickup into the new tank?

For setting the float I used a length of wire and tack welded on the old one.
For the rheostat you'll have to take the factory one off and tack weld to the new tank tube.
I've not seen a GW sending unit so I could be totally wrong on this fix.

The pic is from the Scout 19 gal tank to 37 gal tank. Same sending unit so I just lengthen the float arm