Kill swtich: fuel pump; help!

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Old Feb 2, 2013 | 07:50 PM
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Default Kill swtich: fuel pump; help!

Ok i need help guys! I have no idea how the previous owner hooked up the kill switch. The switch took a crap, and while I was replacing the kill switch, the 'power' wire came loose. The wire itself is around 6" in length and I have no idea how it was hooked up. I spent countless hours looking through all the wires under the dash but nothing looks cut or modified. The switch itself was used to turn on/off the fuel pump. When the switch is turned on, I can hear the fuel pump prime. Anyone have any ideas as to where this wire goes to? I've also checked the fuel pump housing and wire harness and nothing looks cut. So it leads me to believe it has to be hooked up to something that 6" wire can reach under the dash. Also checked the main relay, but didn't find any exposed or cut wires from there as well. I'm pretty stumped!
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Old Feb 2, 2013 | 08:01 PM
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Default Re: Kill swtich: fuel pump; help!

Just follow the wires from the kill switch.

They are tied in somewhere.

Rereading your post, it sounds like the power wire is loose and you can't find where it was tied in?

If so, tie it back into the wire coming out of the fuse box connected to the fuse for 'fuel pump.'
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Old Feb 2, 2013 | 08:20 PM
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Originally Posted by Black R
Just follow the wires from the kill switch.

They are tied in somewhere.

Rereading your post, it sounds like the power wire is loose and you can't find where it was tied in?

If so, tie it back into the wire coming out of the fuse box connected to the fuse for 'fuel pump.'
Yes, the power wire is loose and I can't find where it was tied in to. The first thing that came to mind was what you said, a wire coming out from the fuse box connected to the fuse for the fuel pump, but there isn't one. At least not that I know of from looking at the under dash fuse diagram.
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Old Feb 2, 2013 | 09:06 PM
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Ok, I think I may have solved this, I'll have to take a look at the fuel pump relay and see if he tapped into it. I'm thinking he just stuck the end of the wire into it.

Only gripe I have with this so far is that every single thread I searched for, everybody has failed to mention that it is the 'fuel pump relay' and not the 'main relay.' I went out and wasted money on the main relay, when in reality it was the fuel pump relay that I needed.
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Old Feb 3, 2013 | 06:37 AM
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Default Re: Kill swtich: fuel pump; help!

I have seen some people just put the end of the wire right next to one of the legs of the fuse in the fuse box...
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Old Feb 3, 2013 | 10:02 AM
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I have seen some people just put the end of the wire right next to one of the legs of the fuse in the fuse box...
This is what I'm thinking the previous owner did. Do you happen to know which fuse? I looked at the diagram and there isn't a fuse under the dash that is associated with the fuel pump.
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Old Feb 3, 2013 | 11:09 AM
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Problem solved! You were right f22, the previous owner just put the end of the wire directly into the fuel pump relay.

Question though, if that's the case how come the vehicle won't start if that wire wasn't hooked up? Is the fuel pump wire cut somewhere?
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Old Feb 3, 2013 | 11:13 AM
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Default Re: Kill swtich: fuel pump; help!

yeah, its cut where the wires are going from the switch to the fuel pump. Basically, that switch is inline with the power wire to the fuel pump.
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Old Feb 3, 2013 | 11:30 AM
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Wow, it's going to be a needle in the haystack trying to find where the wire was cut then. Hopefully it's not to much of a pain in the ***. Im crossing my fingers, hoping the previous owner hacked it somewhere between the fuel pump and before going under the dash.
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