dsraven, I think you know the answer as to if I ever had a fuel pump fail, yup.
Two times, same car, it's my daily driver, 43 year old Pontiac with a 305 Chevy motor. The first fail I had to wait over night to get it going, second time, with no A C compressor in the way, 20 minutes I was back and running again. The Ignition failed once, in 20 minutes I was back and running again.
Although my insurance has road side service, I find that once I loose control of most any situation, like watching my truck, being on a flat bed, stupid crap seems to happen and things don't go my way. I'm a victim.
If I can fix and be on my way, what a great feeling of beating the situation.
As I made the regulator bracket I used 14 gauge flat steel. The regulator came with a mounting plate, it has 4 bolts and it fully straddles the bottom of the regulator. I welded my flat to the mount and fitted and drilled and mounted. Stood back and decided stronger would be better.
I was thinking, I better make it stronger so the fittings stay solid and not leak fuel on my shiny aluminum.
By adding the 90 degree front 3/8 inch edge really firmed it up.
Pictures are always nice, here's one hiding the spare pump.