Dear Andrew,
Do what I did and get a purolator (or similar) aftermarket generic fuel
pump. I just bolted onto the battery box that I'm not using and connected
it. It works fine and makes a nice rattling racket while it works telling
me that everything is OK. Also, it was about 30 bux.
"Never ascribe to Malice that which can be explained by Ignorance."
John J. Peloquin, Assistant Research Entomologist
Entomology, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521
On Wed, 10 Feb 1999, Andrew Errington wrote:
> Hi,
>
> if anyone is keeping my emails then they will have a collection of things
> that could go wrong and did. Writing to the list is like writing a journal,
> recording what has happened for posterity...
>
> Dear Diary,
>
> how I do hate that Mr Lucas. The Prince of Darkness has struck me again,
> although this time I think the blame must lie fairly and squarely on the
> shoulders of Mr Skinner. Imagine my consternation when I turned the key
> this evening and *nothing* (well, nothing except the very dim glow of the
> alternator light). "What sorcery is this!", I exclaimed. Thinking the
> battery had mysteriously drained I enlisted the help of a colleague, who was
> also working late, for a 'jump start'. Finding this to no avail I toured
> the car's electrical system with my flashlight and found everything appeared
> to be in order. "Hmm", thought I as I pondered my predicament. No
> headlights, no radio, nothing. Curiously, however, if I left the ignition
> on for a while the alternator light would light to full brightness.
>
> Turn key, no click from solenoid. I hoped to the forces of good and light
> that the solenoid had not succumbed to the evil curse. And yet, leaving the
> ignition on, suddenly brightness from the alternator light! The ignition
> circuit was alive! Turn key, silence, and within that, darkness.
>
> The fuel pump? It should click a few times to fill the bowls when I turn
> the key, mayhaps it is indeed the problem. Could the points be sticking and
> putting too great a load on the electrical system?
>
> And so, dear diary, I hit the fuel pump with my flashlight, and lo, it
> worked.
>
> What else will fail this week...
>
> Andy
>
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