[DML] Re: What went wrong?

["Nathan Sobieralski" <valleyrat12@xxxxxxxxx>]

Have you tested to see if there is power at fuse #7 while the rpm 
relay is jumped?

Nathan
--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "dmcjosh85" <dmcjosh85@...> wrote:
>
> The previous Thread of mine regarding a dead fuel pump had a  lot 
of 
> great input and advice from the DML community, DMC garden groove 
and 
> a So. Cal owner with some good ideas. for that I thank you all. 
> Unfortunatley the problem still persists that I cant get my fuel 
> pump to work, but in light of that I present the following steps 
and 
> measures taken to get me to where im at know on what I do know.
> 
> 1. #7 fues is not bad
> 2. the fuel pump works, I tested it outside the car on 12 volt.
> 3. I had a loose ground plug BUT it does not belong to my fuel pump
> 4. The front wiring harness makes contact with the + and - ends of 
> the fuel pump. so that rules out that I have a severed line on 
that.
> 5. The Main harnes makes contact from the connection in the water 
> bottle housing to the ground connection where the inertia switch 
is 
> located. with that said my ground connection is good all the way. 
> 6. The Pump did not run with the RPM Relay jumped and again with 
the 
> RPM relay and the inertia switch jumper and again with the RPM 
relay 
> jumped and a ground to the frame.
> 
> And now some light on my problem..
> 7. All connections on my RPM relay received 11.75 Volts, except 
when 
> the Brown wire is jumped to the Purple/White for the fuel pump my 
> voltometer reported a dead 0.01. same thing with the testing 
needles 
> testing the lines themself without the jumper in-place.
> 
> So this whole time the devious problem has been positive power 
flow. 
> But why? Why is there now power going thru that one wire when 
every 
> other line gets power. 
> 
> The only other test that I can think of performing is checking to 
> see is the signal gets from the conenction point on the RPM relay 
> down to the connection point where the main harness hooks up to 
the 
> front harness inside the water washer fluid box. 
> 
> Im about out of idea's here, ONce agian any and all help would 
> greatly be appreciated.
> 
> ~ Josh Tidwell
> 04463 VIN  (Bakersfield, CA)
> dmcjosh85@...
>









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