Have you cleaned the points on the pump? If not I would do that
before attempting any re-wiring. One other thing you might want to do is
test for power and ground on the pump leads the next time it cuts out.
You might also want to by pass the wiring and go directly to the pump the
next time it stops. I doubt that the wire it's self is bad, but if it is
you are better off replacing the whole run instead of trying to track down
a break in it. Be sure to clean the bullet
connectors where they attach to the harness.
...Art
On Mon, 28 Jul 1997, Jason F. Dutt wrote:
> 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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