Date:         Mon, 4 Oct 2004 11:58:02 EDT
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From:         George Goff <THX0001@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: WARNING !! Re: Substitute Fuel Pump #
Comments: To: vw4x4@FYI.NET
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In a message dated 10/4/04 7:15:38 AM, vw4x4@FYI.NET writes:

<< Everytime I read stories like this I see a guy connecting a battery
to the fuel pump with wires that are sparking around fuel vapors. >>

You want sparks?!!!  Pull the guts of the fuel pump from the outer can
sometime and note the firework show from the brushes when it is powered up.  I can
understand that the arcing is suppressed whenever the fuel pump is primed, but
I have to wonder what keeps the thing from going KA-BOOM as the system is
filling or when it is running out of fuel.

George

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