Aye. I've already decided to do surgery on the pump before I start blaming
the wiring. The pump is newly rebuilt by an experienced third party, but
I've found out that doesn't always mean much.
You're probably right about replacing the entire lead, though. I don't
know...I think I'm going to avoid that prognosis at all costs :-). There's
still more options, as I haven't really gotten a change to find out what
the pump is doing when the car is dying.
I'll keep y'all posted.
Regards,
J
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> From: Arthur Pfenninger <ch155@FreeNet.Buffalo.EDU>
> To: Jason F. Dutt <simjason@ix.netcom.com>
> Cc: mgs@autox.team.net; Todd.Mullins@nrlssc.navy.mil
> Subject: Re: Fuel challenge solved...?
> Date: Monday, July 28, 1997 6:05 PM
>
> Have you cleaned the points on the pump? If not I would do that
> before attempting any re-wiring. One other thing you might want to do is
> test for power and ground on the pump leads the next time it cuts out.
> You might also want to by pass the wiring and go directly to the pump the
> next time it stops. I doubt that the wire it's self is bad, but if it is
> you are better off replacing the whole run instead of trying to track
down
> a break in it. Be sure to clean the bullet
> connectors where they attach to the harness.
> ...Art
>
> On Mon, 28 Jul 1997, Jason F. Dutt wrote:
>
> > Well, here's the current dice on the fuel problem.
> >
> > After I sent my question to the list, the car ran for a week with no
> > problems, so troubleshooting was a bit delayed (darn ;-)). However, it
> > quit on me the other day, so I got to work. The first thing I did was
> > start it again, to see if the symptom was going to stick around or not.
It
> > quit again in 3-5 minues. I didn't get a chance to feel if the pump
was
> > running or not when it quit (inopportune phone call). I then checked
the
> > connections to the fuel pump. Basically all I did was remove the
leads,
> > cleaned them up a bit, and put them back on. The car ran for another
week.
> > It quit on me again yesterday. I did my wire-jiggling again; it ran
all
> > day yesterday.
> >
> > Unless this all is just coincidence, I'm assuming I have an
intermittent
> > short in either the leads or the terminals of the pump. This leads me
to
> > my next question: Is there an easy and definitve way to replace the
leads?
> > How can I know how much wire needs replacing? I'm descent with a
> > soldering iron, but I'd hate to do all the work just to find out I
didn't
> > take enough wire off!
> >
> > Regards, and thanks,
> >
> > J
> >
>
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