[T3] (Fwd) 1969 Fastback Fuel pump

[Tim Schiller]

The ground on the main was not loose. I did take the ground on the block off and cleaned along with splicing new wires for the temp sensor and cleaned the 3 wires that plug into the ignition distributor. This did the trick. I’m going to put original fuel pump relay back in to see if it is good and confirm my problem is unrelated.

Thanks again for help and the forum has been great to follow other issues.

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> On Jun 21, 2020, at 8:11 AM, Jim Adney <jadney at vwtype3.org> wrote:
> 
> On 20 Jun 2020 at 20:12, Tim Schiller wrote:
> 
>> I need to figure out exactly where the main relay is to be screwed down.
>> The other relay is screwed to back of seat wall. Currently the brown
>> ground wire is screwed to the seat wall. DonTMt recall taking it off, but
>> do they both go to same hole?
> 
> Glad to hear that you seem to have fixed your problem. Was the ground wire 
> connection loose?
> 
> Originally, I believe all our FI cars came with the brown ground wire for the 
> main power relay connected under the same screw that mounted the relay to 
> the back seat kick panel. But, it doesn't really matter. As long as there's 
> something holding the relay and something securely grounding the brown 
> wire, the power circuit should be reliable.
> 
> Originally, the ground wire would be right under the screw head, then the 
> relay mounting tab, then the kick panel. There may have been a star washer 
> somewhere in that stack, but I don't remember that.
> 
> On '69 and later, there was a second relay, for the rear window defroster, 
> mounted beside the main power relay. It's wiring is completely independent 
> of the wiring for the main power relay.
> 
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