[T3] Fwd: fuel pump stays on, never shuts off

[KENNETH ROGERS]

Jim,

I will save this to print as I am going to Germany tomorrow for a month.  
You and I met at the T3 Invasion.  I was the host this year.  You said when you looked at it, the T3 Squareback, it was always staying on the fuel pump that is.  You also checked my generator and it was producing great voltage output.  It was the voltage regulator not putting out enough voltage around 12.3 vdc. I changed the vr and the car runs great. All that tin can sound from the engine while running was that, it was WAY too far advanced it had been set far most right notch on flywheel.  I set that up at the left farthest notch on flywheel. It is quieter. Kinda sluggy.  16 mpg. 1971 1640cc FI automatic stock distributor you rebuilt for me.

We also noticed that the torque converter could be seen spinning from top of engine view.  Please look at your automatic and see if you can also see your tonque converter.
Again, I have nothing but trouble sending emails to this group.  It seems that the way I can get through is to piggy back on other emails.  This is why I am barely ever on .  Bummer!

Kenny Rogers

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jim Adney" <jadney at VWType3.org>
To: type3 at vwtype3.org
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2016 10:47:04 AM
Subject: Re: [T3] Fwd: fuel pump stays on, never shuts off

On 22 Aug 2016 at 13:22, KENNETH ROGERS wrote:

> On my 1971 FI Vw type 3, the fuel pump relay always stays on. I want
> to rewire the relay correctly. Can anyone please tell me what wires
> goes where at relay under dash. It should come on when key goes on the
> go off shortly. It doesn't.

Let's take this one step at a time.

1) When you turn the key ON (not START) do you hear a relay click and 
then a second click about 1 second later? The fuel pump relay mounted 
to the "firewall" to the left of the steering column. Sometimes it 
helps to hold your hand on it to feel it click. It should click both 
times, about a second apart.

2) If it doesn't click twice, look at it. Is there a white plastic 
plug connected to 2 of its connectors? If that plug is there, but 
just hanging loose, connect it. There are only 2 pins on that relay 
that it will fit on.

3) To the left of the relay, there are some wires coming thru a 
grommet in the firewall. 2 of those wires, red & brown, come in a 
black jacket. The brown wire ends in an eye lug that goes under a 
screw into the firewall (ground.) The red wire should go to one of 
the paired terminals on the fuel pump relay.

4) There should be a red wire running from the 7th fuse from the left 
to the unpaired terminal on the relay.

Let me know what you find when you run thru each step. Put things 
back in the correct place if they seem to be wrong.


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Jim Adney, jadney at vwtype3.org
Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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