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Old Oct 29, 2003 | 10:17 PM
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Just got my new motor in everything done, went to start the car...no fuel pressure, dropped the tank left the pump connected submerged in fuel the damn thing will not pump. Turns on and makes the winding noise, no fuel comes out the top plastic part. ??
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Old Oct 30, 2003 | 01:17 AM
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Just got my new motor in everything done, went to start the car...no fuel pressure, dropped the tank left the pump connected submerged in fuel the damn thing will not pump. Turns on and makes the winding noise, no fuel comes out the top plastic part. ??
Sounds like one of your fuel lines inside is either disconnected or you hooked it up backwards. You might want to think about cutting a hole over your gas tank center section. Turns a 3 hour job into a 20 minute job.

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Old Oct 30, 2003 | 07:39 AM
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You think I hooked the wires backwards?
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What is the proper way to connect the wires?? I connected black to red/black to grey. Thats what I heard was the correct way.
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Old Oct 30, 2003 | 05:52 PM
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What is the proper way to connect the wires?? I connected black to red/black to grey. Thats what I heard was the correct way.

Well actually I was not talking about the wiring i was referring to the fuel lines themselves, but now that you mention it if your wiring was backwards then your pump would spin backwards and that would also cause a problem, and most likely burn up your pump in no time flat. They are lubricated and cooled by the fuel, so do not allow the pump to remain on too long in it's current state.

I'm not quite sure what you meant to say on the wiring, but it sounds like you might have them hooked up backwards. It's black to black and red to grey. You almost never cross black wires with other colors, just FYI. If so then you found your problem.

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Old Oct 31, 2003 | 12:40 PM
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I got it working and then it went out while i was driving I really dont feel like dropping the tank a 3rd time. This sucks.
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Old Oct 31, 2003 | 04:07 PM
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I got it working and then it went out while i was driving I really dont feel like dropping the tank a 3rd time. This sucks.
Do yourself a favor and CUT THE HOLE

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Old Nov 1, 2003 | 07:30 PM
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Originally Posted by buschman
Do yourself a favor and CUT THE HOLE

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this might help

http://www.taekwondoplus.org/z28/fuelpump.html
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