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Fuel pump still not working

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Old 12-11-01, 01:40 AM
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Fuel pump still not working

I am still not getting any fuel pressure. I talked to rob at pineapple racing(www.pineappleracing.com) and he was very helpful and told me to check the fuel pump relay.
I was wondering if any body else has had this problem?
What does the relay look like?

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Old 12-13-01, 02:58 PM
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Smile Fuel pump is working now

Well Rob at Pineapple racing helped me figure this one out. I connected a jumper wire across the terminhals on the fuel pump cut relay and I have a working fuel pump. Back on the road.
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Yeah, Rob's a great technical resource. Last year, when trying to get a project car going (fuel injection conversion), I couldn't get it to turn over. Fuel pressure? Check. Spark? Check. I poured over the wiring diagrams trying to figure out why the injectors would not fire, tracing each wire to and from the ECU. Finally, I called Rob and he said "connector X-29" (or something), and what wire to look for and where it needed to go. This was off the top of his head. Bingo. Fired right up. After 3 hours of "troubleshooting" with the factory service manual, the problem was solved with a 5 minute phone call to "the master", Rob Golden. Of course, being so helpful is part of the reason he has trouble getting work done -- people call him up out of the blue for tech support. He doesn't mind helping out (particularly customers), but it's clearly an impact to his wallet in productivity. If anyone needs to ask him a tech question, it's a good idea to email him instead of calling. He answers his email every evening and is less likely to be bothered.

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