Mounting Electric Fuel Pump

[mpace6a]

So currently my jeep has a burnt up mr gasket electric fuel pump mounted under the bed with self tapping screws.

 

Now, I have a Holley Red Series pump to replace the low quality POS that mr gasket makes. Because it is extremely particular in how it has to be mounted, I fabbed up a quick bracket to mount it below the bed near the pump.

 

I plan on mounting it in the current pumps location, like so:

 

Now, my question is, how should I mount the pump to the bed? Self tapping screws work in a pinch, but they vibrate out, and being that its a $100 pump and rather vital to my vehicles operation, I want it as secure as possible. My ideas are either to just weld the bracket to the beds support rail, or to cut a hole in the top, weld two nuts inside the rail, close up the hole, and then bolt it to the welded nuts using lock washers. I think I will have the same results either way, and I know for fact that i can re weld the beds floor in place and nobody will ever know it was cut, because i've done it before.

Opinions, or perhaps better ideas? 

[64 Cheyenne]

Bracket bolted through that channel horizontally.

Possibly fab a u shaped bracket.

[mpace6a]

Bracket bolted through that channel horizontally.

Possibly fab a u shaped bracket.

Ah...why didnt I think of bolting it horizontally  :doh:

Time to modify my bracket and make this work!

[HOrnbrod]

Also, why don't you use nutserts? That's what the factory used to mount most everything to the frame. Easy to install and very strong. Would work well to mount the pump.

[mpace6a]

Also, why don't you use nutserts? That's what the factory used to mount most everything to the frame. Easy to install and very strong.

Honestly, never even heard of them? Googling now...

And as far as the frame, because of the fuel tank and all the hard lines, no free real estate on the inside of the frame, and don't want to mount it opposite of the tank near the exhaust, for obvious reasons.

[HOrnbrod]

They don't have to be mounted on the frame; you can install them anywhere, even on sheet metal. When installed they are like a weldnut w/o welding. Handy for mounting things on places where you can't access a nut on the other side. Like firewalls, inner fenders, inner p/u bed, etc. Acts like a blind nut. The factory skid plates are mounted using nutserts.

 

I use a lot of them, for example this:

 

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