[T3] Ground for Fuel Pump Plug

[SCS Crewcab]

I guess you're right. That way, I can check all the lines when I take it 
out.

On 7/12/2011 4:26 PM, Mike Fisher wrote:
> You could, but that is the hard way I'm thinking.
>
> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 1:21 PM, SCS Crewcab<scscrewcab at bellsouth.net>  wrote:
>> Can I run it forward and back with it still in the car if I disconnect the
>> supply lines coming from the tank and put them in a bucket of diesel?
>>
>> On 7/12/2011 4:10 PM, Mike Fisher wrote:
>>> You can run them both forwards/backwards in a bucket of diesel oil to
>>> clean them out.
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 1:03 PM, SCS Crewcab<scscrewcab at bellsouth.net>
>>>   wrote:
>>>> My prob wasn't the ground at the fuel pump plug after all. It was the
>>>> ground
>>>> coming from lead 19 from the ECU. At the firewall in the engine
>>>> compartment,
>>>> just to the left of center, there is a single wire connector that joins 2
>>>> single white wires. One of the wires has continuity with terminal 85 on
>>>> the
>>>> fuel pump relay. The other wire is broken off. I'm pretty sure it should
>>>> connect to terminal 19 on the ECU but, I do not see any place on the
>>>> harness
>>>> around this connector where this wire could have broken. It must have
>>>> broke
>>>> off just barely inside the harness. If anybody has a picture online that
>>>> can
>>>> point to where, on the harness, to look, it would help a lot.
>>>>
>>>> When I ground the broken white wire at the firewall, the relay does
>>>> energize
>>>> and I get power to the fuel pump but, the pump doesn't spin. This car has
>>>> sat for 3 years with an empty gas tank and the pump was working when I
>>>> parked it. I priced a new pump online and, it's a real bargain at
>>>> $547.00.
>>>> I'm hoping the gas that was left it has the pump mechanism gummed up. Is
>>>> there a link somewhere online that gives instructions on cleaning or
>>>> repairing them?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 7/12/2011 3:05 PM, Jim Adney wrote:
>>>>> On 12 Jul 2011 at 14:43, SCS Crewcab wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> I'm trying to diag a prob with my fuel pump on a '71 FI Squareback. I'm
>>>>>> not getting a ground on the neg side of the plug that connects to the
>>>>>> pump. Where does this terminal connect to ground?
>>>>> Both wires come thru a grommet in the firewall, under the left side
>>>>> fo the dash. The red one goes to the fuel pump relay and the brown
>>>>> one goes to a ground connection. They are easy to follow once you
>>>>> find that grommet and the 2 wires.
>>>>>
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