[Spridgets] Fuel Delivery Issue Resolved. . I Hope

[Jim Johnson]

My knowledge of electronics is from the pretty dusty past, but my guess is
that by patching the fuel pump wire that way you have increased the
resistance in the wire and that MIGHT have caused the fuse to blow. IF the
resistance has been increased, the patch you made could be heating up...  I
wouldn't trust it.  Splice in an identical gauge of wire as a repair. That
way the resistance will be the same as the circuit was designed for.  Hope
your car doesn't catch fire before this reaches you....

Cheers!!
Jim

On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 3:40 PM, Kirk Hargreaves <khargreaves2 at gmail.com>wrote:

> So on Saturday my wife wants to go to a local parade in town to watch the
> expressions on our 2 year grandsons face . .  I decide to follow up later
> in
> the Bugeye.
>
> I am stuck in horrible traffic, but running smoothly as I am wondering why
> the heck I decided to try and get there later on.  . due to the traffic and
> all the cops directing things.
>
> Then my car begins to cut out as though I am out of gas.  The gauge shows a
> 1/4 tank . . but the gauge is not always that accurate.  At this point I am
> stalled along the side of the road.  A few minutes later it fires back up
> and I am able to make it to a gas station to find that I did have about a
> quarter of a tank.  I top it off and drive it to an area where I can
> further
> look at it.
>
> It runs again. .  perfect.  Then it cuts out again leaving me stranded in
> front of a restaurant.  I wait, it runs (and runs smooth) to get me home.
>  I
> pull into our neighborhood and see a garage sale sign on the neighboring
> street.  . so It stalls again while I am half way to the garage sale . .
> stupid thing to do . . should have taken it back to my garage.   It starts
> again and runs like silk back to my garage.
>
> I take off the fuel filter to find that a nipple had closed in on itself
> leaving only a pin size hole for the gas to get through.  I find a new
> filter in my parts and change it out (something I should have done a long
> time ago).  Then I find that the wiring to my electric fuel pump is dodgy.
> . as it is beginning to lose it;s connection.  I take a couple strands of
> copper wire from another wire. .  and after cleaning the heads of the wire
> to the pump with my drill and a wire brush attached . .I wrap the strands
> around my wires . .re-solder the connection with the small wire strands
> wrapped around to hold it together, slide the shrink wrap up over the
> connection and shrink it down.  . and re-start the car . .* which then
> blows
> the fuse that runs in line with the circuit.
> *
> I then replace the fuse with another of the same value and it is all
> running
> like silk again.
>
> Why do you think the fuse blew?  First time for a fuse to blow on me for 7
> years . . so at this point I am wondering if the new fuse will hold?  (I am
> keeping spare fuses in the car).
>
> Would the new connection.  . being a solid connection to the Facet.  . have
> been enough to throw the system and cause the fuse to break?
>
> I hate not knowing why a fuse blows when it does not seem that it should
> have.  .  ?
>
> Any ideas are appreciated!
>
> Kirk
>
> 59 1275
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Jim Johnson
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