pastfast125

Maybe someday, But for now I just wanna get it runnin and get the dam thing back from advanced auto. It sucks, I got to drive the car like 3 times at the most, and now I"m stuch drivin mom's 4 cyl station wagon

mattdel

it honestly sounds to me like some has "jerry-rigged" the wiring already. i've run into this before. a little different, but still the same. 1 customer's car was worked on at some hole in the wall shop, and then she came to me. Turns out, when they lied to her and charged her for a fuel tank install, all they did was run a new power wire to the pump, to fix a corroded section. They just jammed the power wire in with a fuse that came on with the key, and collected their money. Turns out it was making the pump stay priming, and for whatever reason, killed the pump eventually. You just bought the car? Check the fuse box for a random wire plugged into a fuse that comes on with the key.

pastfast125

[:@]I remember seen 2 wires stuck in with 2 fuses. Not sure where they lead too, but I thought it was kinda weird lookin.

mattdel

you might wanna do a little tracing. after that relay issue, i'm thinking there is a short in the wiring going to the relay, and the pump has been straight wired to an ignition source.

pastfast125

well say one of those ghetto wires does go to the fuel pump, what would be my fix for that?

mattdel

if that turns out to be the problem, i'll help you with the new wiring your gonna have to do. just let me know.

pastfast125

ok, well I should be goin to check it out today in like an hr, so I'll see what happens and let ya know tonight.

mattdel

ok sounds good

pastfast125

I didn't get out till it was dark, so I couldn't trace those wires from the fuse box. I tried the inertia switch, no go. If I do end up rewiring the fuel pump, how do I make it so it doens't run continuously? Wire up a relay too? I'm startin to think if I can't find this problem within the next few days, just wire it up and be done with it, that way I know how it's done, I know where everything is ya know? We'll see what happens I guess.

turbosha

theres a pink wire where the pigtail goes in thru the trunk to the tank. take a hot wire { direct from battery} skin the wire back alittle and touch the pink wire.you should hear the pump kick on . if it does then cut the wire and install a offroad lighting relay via instructions and you wont have any more problems, thats what i did when i converted to carb.