RE: [DML] Please Help - Previous Owner(s) Jury-Rigged Fuel Pump Circuit

["John Hervey" <john@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mike, Any auto store would have an inline fuse holder replacement. Solder
and crimp the wires good or you may burn it up also. Normally when this
happens there is a pump or fuel input problem that causes the pump to draw
more current, thus causing the problem.
John Hervey
www.specialtauto.com


  

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mike p
Sent: Monday, March 20, 2006 10:02 PM
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Subject: [DML] Please Help - Previous Owner(s) Jury-Rigged Fuel Pump Circuit

Hello All, 
  Does anyone know how the 20amp Fuse No. 7, controlling the fuel pump can
be  by-passed to get the engine to start?  Are there any relays that can be
jumpered to bypass a destroyed Fuse position No.7 ?  I may have "disturbed"
a big sleeping problem  in my "car"!
  
  Here is my problem:   I went into the fuse box/wiring/relay area  behind
the passenger seat of my D to check the fuse for the cooling fans.   However
when I took the black plywood cover off the wiring area I noticed the
position for the 20amp Fuse No. 7, controlling the fuel pump, had had a
violent electric blow in the past.  I also noticed a loose wire with a
20amp fuse in the middle of it laying loose in the wiring and fuse box
area.  Not too concerned, I reseated the fuse 5 for the cooling fan
circuit, reconnected the battery, and went to start the car up again.   (The
car had been running no more than 5 minutes earlier.)  But when I  tried to







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