[Shotimes] IRCM Help

[Paul Nimz]

Maybe in all the whacking you blew a fuse?  What the wacking was doing was
jarring some burnt contacts or helping a weak coil.

To test the fuel pump relay and wiring integrity you can force the pump on.
First make sure the inertia switch is reset.  Then with the key in run short
the extreme right bottom connector to ground on the data link.  Bottom has 4
slots.

If the power to the relay, relay, wiring to the pump and the pump ground are
good then the pump should come on.  If not it is time to start chasing
voltage.

Paul
  ----- Original Message -----
  From: Hildeen, Ron F
  To: Shotimes
  Sent: Wednesday, November 30, 2005 1:45 PM
  Subject: [Shotimes] IRCM Help


  Greetings all



  After lurking on this list for several years I finally have a question
  for the group.



  Sometime around Mothers day my SHO wouldn't start.  It was determined to
  be the IRCM relay pack.  Being a tad on the cheap side I was told that
  an interim solution could be to whack the thing with a hammer,
  encouraging it to work again.  Over the next 6 months or so the thing
  needed whacking about 4 to 5 times.  Worked like a charm - just a little
  unsettling to onlookers as I opened the hood with my hammer in hand and
  began hitting something under the hood.



  However, a week ago Monday, all the whacking in the world didn't make it
  run again.



  The car started fine but quickly died, never to run again.  No fuel pump
  noise at all, also seems like the 4 way flashers are not working either
  - coincidence (?).



  I bought a replacement unit from Al Fitz (thanks Al) and installed it.
  No change, no start.



  My questions are -



  Is there any way to test these things?

  Are there any other things that could cause the same problem (it is not
  the relay in the trunk - I checked that)?  The installation looked
  simple; just plug and play (?) - did I miss something that would
  complicate installation?



  I really enjoy this car (93 ATX, green and (sob) rust with 150+K.  The
  wife keeps on advising (?) me endlessly that we need a more economical
  and reasonable car (read boring) but I keep hoping nothing really
  expensive breaks.



  Any advice etc on this would be appreciated.



  Thanks



  Ron Hildeen, Mpls
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