Ducati Monster 620 Fuel Pump

[ducpainter]

That's what you do.

[lilmonsta]

Great news, my bike is up an running great!  The me fuel assembly works great !!(thanks @ drval85 for the great deal!).  I put some star tron fuel treatment in the tank and some fresh gas! I got the fuel filter off the old unit and drained all the gas out and it seems to have good flow, but I have a new one to put on anyway.  So does anyone know where there is a good write up on the wiring replacement ?   Thanks so much everyone for all the hep!!!

[lilmonsta]

I found a video on how to rebuild the fuel assembly on YouTube , no sound on the video but you could pretty much see everything you need to do.  So I just finished rebuilding the assembly with the wiring kit and dry tested, and it works ðŸ˜,, So now I have a working standby for when the assembly goes bad again.  Thanks again everyone for your help!!

[drval85]

Glad I could help!  Could you post up or PM me a link to the video and where you got the wiring harness?   Want to be prepared for when my pump inevitably fails.   

[lilmonsta]

For taking it apart -> ( http://youtu.be/eiHtrzgnncU ).     

For putting it together -> ( http://youtu.be/0FWnz5y40RU ).

Both videos are done by ca cycleworks. (No audio)

I bought the part from monsterparts.com, I emailed them and they had one in stock.  Ca cycle works is who makes the wiring harness kit, they also responded to my email and said they had one (but I had already purchased from monsterparts.com). 

Some things I noted, there is a filter bag on the bottom of the pump you can just slide it off with a little twisting action back and forth.  Mine was clean but I rinsed it with some fresh star tron treated fuel anyway (I don't know what your supposed to use to clean it).  The short part of the bag goes to the outside of the housing and the entire bag is kind of shoved up in the housing.

I used a different (push clamp nut thingy) for one of the back pins to resecure the plastic housing because (only one) of them didn't fit (the back side of the fuel assembly). I used a screw driver to pop the old ones off and pliers to push the new ones on, I read someone else used a small socket.

Don't forget to put the snap ring on (reuse the original one) metal tube that the wires run through the flange in.  And when putting the snap ring on make sure to rotate the ears to the inside of the flange or it will interfere with how the plastic housing sits. If you get it all together and realize this take a small flat head screw driver and push on one of the ears (from the middle), the snap ring will rotate, just keep doing that until the plastic cover clears.

If you need pictures I'm me and I will email them to you (anyone).  @drval85, if you have any questions shoot me a text and I will be glad to lend any knowledge from my experience. 

Also to note I have purchased 2 bottles of Star Tron fuel treatment (to prevent the "phase" or water separation that can occur in ethanol fuel ) and will be adding some to each tank of gas.

[drval85]

Home Depot sells ridiculously overpriced ethanol free gasoline.   Trufuel.  I bought a bunch when it was on sale.  At the end of the riding season I run the tank almost empty, then put in a half gallon or so of the ethanol free and run it almost dry again. Again, super expensive, but I can't find an alternative in my area. 

[Speeddog]

VP makes an ethanol-free fuel, Small Engine Fuel.
IIRC, they developed it for Fire and Rescue folks who have equipment that sits around a good bit, but *must work* every time.

It's expensive, but for a winter or long-term storage application, it's way cheaper than repairs.