The fuel pump has two wires going to it, one to ground and one from the fuel pump relay. Running a pair of wires to the dash and a switch that would interrupt one of these wires would certainly disable the fuel pump. If you really wanted to get medieval on someone and you have a 2WD, the fuel pump is very accessible on the underside, just pull one of the terminals off of it. This way, a would be thief won't be successful in perhaps finding the hidden switch. David Marshall Fast Forward Automotive Inc. 4356 Quesnel-Hixon Road Quesnel BC Canada V2J 6Z3 Internet http://www.fastforward.ca Email sales@fastforward.ca - Engine Conversions and Accessories for classic water-cooled Volkswagens - Electrical harness fabrication and customization Due to the large quantity of email we receive, please include previous email correspondence when replying. This will allow us to read the full dialogue in one message so that we may provide you a quicker and more accurate response.
-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Christopher Gronski Sent: March 16, 2006 8:46 To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Disabling the fuel pump Would it be possible to put a switch on the dash to disable the fuel pump? Assuming one could not locate the switch would this be an effective anti theft (and engine fire preventative) device? Chris |
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