Fuel Pump: was Re: No power

["Robert Rooney" <dmcvegas@xxxx>]

Had the exact same symptoms on my car last month. Turned out to be a 
bad ground connection. First test the pump by hooking it directly up 
to a 12 battery. If the pump runs, then it is electrical. If not, 
it's a bad pump. Next plug a multi meter into the plug to see if any 
power is being sent out to the pump. If so, it's possibly a bad 
ground. Where the pump grounds at, I have no idea. But start by 
cleaning the ground point for the fron wiring harness (via the master 
cylinder access panel, bolts onto radiator support bracket). You may 
need to install a seperate ground wire for the pump, but this is a 
last resort. If you get no power at all, try reseting the inertia 
switch and/or installing a jumper wire to test for a possible bad RPM 
relay. Try this & let us know how everything works out.

-Robert
vin 6585

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx, djs912@xxxx wrote:
> I also have a power loss, but I (very techniclly challanged) think 
it
> may be the fuel pump. After not driving her for a couple of months I
> took her out on 2 consecutive days, about 30 miles in total. On day 
2 I
> was returning home from our little jaunt, and all of a sudden I'm
> stalling out (on a main street - very main). After restarting she 
ran
> pretty rough and labored for a few blocks and stalled again. This
> sceneario happened several times in my quest to get home without 
using
> yet another of my precious few free AAA tows. Each start kept her
> running less time, until alas - no restart. She seems to want to 
start,
> but isn't getting gas - I think. Once I ran out of gas in a van and 
it
> acted the same way, if I remember right. What d'ya think, fuel pump?