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Re: Inertial Fuel Cutoff Switch

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Subject: Re: Inertial Fuel Cutoff Switch
From: ZinkZ10C@aol.com
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 19:07:46 EST
The Ford switches come in two shapes, but I'm not sure if there are car 
specific trip weights.  One type of switch has a rectangular white reset 
button and the other has a red round button.  The switches wire directly 
inline with the fuel pump power feed.

Another fuel pump safety system is to use a oil pressure switch from a fuel 
injected mid 80's GM car or a GM that has a electric choke.  These have 
usually have three push on connections.  The paralell ones turn on when the 
pressure is above ~ 10 PSI, the center one grounds on when the pressure is 
below ~ 4 PSI.  The fuel pump power can be wired directly as the paralell.

A down side to using a GM switch is that it requires a seperate circuit to 
run the fuel pump when the engine is cranking and hasn't built oil pressure.  
The circuit would be the same as a ignition ballast bypass in a point dist.


Harold

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