Re: electrical problems relating to fuel pump

[joelpash@xxxx]

As you can see from my last post, I am suspecting that white/purple 
wire to be a problem. I will get an ohm meter and test out the wire 
you are speaking about also. Hopefully that helps. Thanks, and I 
will let you know what happens. 

Joel

ps. If it is that wire, how hard was it to replace? Do I need to 
lift up the car?

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx, "BRUCE BENSON" <delornut@xxxx> wrote:
> Quite a few years ago I had a friend with a problem very similar 
to yours.
> First it was just blown fuses, with the frequency of the fuse 
failures
> increasing as the miles built up on the car. Finally it just plain 
wouldn't
> start. We dug up all the electrical information and comments we 
could find
> and found one item pertaining to the wiring loom running across the 
front of
> the car, making a sharp bend at the left front corner of the car, 
and
> continuing rearward. One of the wires in that loom came from the 
fuel pump
> and ran through the inertia switch. Apparently some cars had a 
problem with
> wires chafing or breaking at the area of the sharp bent. After 
finding no
> continuity between the inertia switch and the fuel pump, we ran a 
new wire
> directly from the that switch to the fuel pump and disconnected the 
wire
> built in the loom. He never had another problem. This might be a 
direction
> to investigate.
> 
> Bruce Benson
> 
> 
> > b) I thought that I had traced the problem back to the
> > main fuel relay being blown. So I replaced that. I
> > tried to start the car but I noticed the main fuel
> > replay fuse (fuse #1) was blown. So I replaced that.
> > The car started and ran for about 5 minutes, then
> > died.
> 
> > I have gone through all of the wires with a volt meter
> > and I can't find any wires that are not conducting.
> > Maybe I am doing it wrong? Does anyone have any
> > ideas?
> >
> > Thanks very much.
> >
> > Joel
> >
> >
> > __________________________________________________
> > Do You Yahoo!?
> > Send instant messages & get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger.
> > http://im.yahoo.com/
> >
> >
> > Before posting messages or replies, see the posting policy rules 
at:
> > www.dmcnews.com/Admin/rules.html
> >
> > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please 
address:
> > moderator@xxxx
> >
> >