Date:         Tue, 24 Apr 2018 07:47:36 -0700
Reply-To:     Andrew Martin <ramblinvan@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Andrew Martin <ramblinvan@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Fixed  Re: Progress, Puzzle on "Fuel pump won't work"
Comments: To: thewestyman <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET>
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Anyone that’s been working on vehicles as long a we have has made mistakes... I once left the the AFM plug disconnected after a tune up and fiddled with everything else until it was dark, then gave up. The van would start, run then stall. I spent the night annoyed and frustrated as hell. The next morning I immediately noticed the AFM plug was hanging behind the air box, not plugged in. Sometimes being human is hard :)

Andrew 
(in Kitsap County)

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> On Apr 24, 2018, at 7:27 AM, thewestyman <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET> wrote:
> 
> Dear List,
> 
> The fix was; "extreme carelessness" with overly poor connection of the
> relevant wire.
> In other words; I, the dummy, left that wire off when I assembled.
> One guy suggested to look for one wire that was not attached.  I found.
> My head down, I confess.
> Yours truly,
> Zoltan
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Zoran Mladen
> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2018 4:16 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM ; thewestyman
> Subject: Re: Fixed Re: Progress, Puzzle on "Fuel pump won't work"
> 
> And the solution was????
> --------------------------------------------
> On Mon, 4/23/18, thewestyman <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET> wrote:
> 
> Subject: Re: Fixed  Re: Progress, Puzzle on "Fuel pump won't work"
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Date: Monday, April 23, 2018, 4:27 PM
> 
> I got the problem fixed, thanks
> for all the input.
> Zoltan
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Neil N
> Sent: Monday,
> April 23, 2018 10:20 AM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Progress, Puzzle on "Fuel
> pump won't work"
> 
> Because you changed the alternator voltage
> regulator.....
> 
> Could the
> alternator voltage regulator be blocking positive flow to
> fuel
> pump 30 while engine is off and while
> the starter turns the engine?
> 
> Or, maybe something else inhibits positive flow
> to fuel pump relay 30 while
> alternator is at
> rest or spinning slowly while starter turns the engine
> but
> once the engine starts and runs using
> the bypass from battery to fuel pump,
> with
> the alternator now spinning faster, it actually puts out
> enough power
> to overcome whatever was
> inhibiting flow of positive?
> 
> Neil.
> 
> 
> 
> On Wed, Apr 18, 2018 at 11:14
> AM, thewestyman <zolo@foxinternet.net>
> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> I posted a couple of days ago that on this
> 1990 van the fuel pump stopped
>> working
> after I put in an other engine.
>> The
> only electrical was involved; the wires wore disconnected on
> the
>> starter, and the voltage regulator
> was changed to a new one.
>> And I drove
> this van before.
>> 
>> 
> There is no power on the fuel pump relay as it should be at
> all time while
>> the key is out.
>> 
>> Now, I powered the
> fuel pump with a wire from the positive side of the
>> battery and it worked without needing the
> ground, which it has already.
>> This way
> the engine could start up and work fine.  The interesting
> part
>> is, that if I remove that wire
> when the engine is running, it still works
>> fine.
>> 
>> 
> 
> 
> --
> Neil n
> 
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