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Message: <blockquote data-quote="INW-Iron-Steel" data-source="post: 21599" data-attributes="member: 11733"><p>My 04 Sierra currently has 265,000 miles on it. I am working on a set of custom leaf springs to replace the worn out, saggy springs in my truck. As the weather warms up I am going to be swapping them in. But, that brings me to my dilemma. To pull the front bolt on the driver side spring I must drop the fuel tank. Should I replace the fuel pump when I drop the tank as preventative maintenance? There are no signs of failure, but I figure with this many miles the time is near. I have a fuel pump for it that I bought a while back. That summer the electric pumps died in all my other cars, so I figured this one was next. That was almost 2 years ago now. So, if I am dropping the tank to do the springs, should I just replace the pump too? Or, should I just keep running the OE pump until it dies? I always assume OE parts are superior, especially with the way aftermarket parts have been going the last few years.</p></blockquote><p></p>