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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