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Old Dec 22, 2014 | 11:54 AM
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My car was running fine and it just died today on the way to work. So my uncle came to check it out, spliced a wire (that's grounded to the negative post on the battery and powered on the positive side of the battery) to the power wire under my seat that leads to the fuel pump and it turns on. I guess my question is, how can i make a switch that manually powers the fuel pump. Could anyone tell me what i would need? I need my car to go to work and run errands. Thanks in advance
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Old Dec 22, 2014 | 12:30 PM
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Why don't you fix the problem instead. You need to replace the main relay. That's what it's called "main relay"
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Old Dec 22, 2014 | 03:33 PM
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Old Dec 22, 2014 | 03:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Spaceballsthelunchbox
Why don't you fix the problem instead. You need to replace the main relay. That's what it's called "main relay"
I tried a different main relay. I heard it click twice i think, and still nothing..I'm just not sure what it could be at this point
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Old Dec 24, 2014 | 01:57 PM
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If your main relay clicks its sending fuel to the engine.
Does your car crank but does not fire up?
If it just cranks a bunch of times, I'm willing to bet its the distributor coil that's gone bad.
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Old Dec 25, 2014 | 10:52 PM
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