Need fuel pump replacement help QUICK "please"

[cjben]

Sorry for the urgency here,but my xj has to be up and running today.I am replacing the fuel pump. The problem I have is with the wiring for the pump. the old pump was a bosch(not sure if that was stock or not),and it has the spade type connectors on it. my new pump has the stud type connectors that need a nut to hold the eye terminals for the power wires. Is this the wrong pump,or do I need to switch the wires over to the eye terminals? do I have to solder the terminal connections? I noticed the power wires now have heat shrink tubing,but I don't have any of that.:( i did look up the pump # they gave me at auto zone,and the one they gave me is the right part#.this is for my 92 xj 4.0 5 speed. thanks for any and all advice given!!!!....Ben

[cjben]

ok,sorry for hitting the panic button to soon!!! I figured the wiring out. there were 2 spade connectors with the fuel pump that I had to bend and bolt onto the studs on the new fuel pump. I couldn't figure out what they were at 1st. my question now is do I need to put heat shrink over the whole terminal or just the wires like they had it when I took it apart? I guess what I am trying to ask is that it isn't going to hurt anything for the spade connectors to be exposed to gasoline is it? I think not since that is the way they were when I took it apart,just want to make sure thanks,Ben

[old_man]

As long as you make sure they don't touch anything metal, the heat shrink is not strictly needed.

[cjben]

thanks for the help,I got it back together about 20 minutes before I had to leave for the local dirt track :) It runs great,and it is nice not to have to crank the engine over for a long time before it fires up:)