Date:         Tue, 31 Jul 2007 21:01:57 -0700
Reply-To:     Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Curious incident of the fuel pump that did not whine in the
              night
Comments: To: Stephen Edwards <welfarewrkr@igc.org>
In-Reply-To:  <F3020115-AAF6-4FF0-B1D6-BB063D24E8AA@igc.org>
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Check the ignition switch first, they are notoriously fragile.

If you don't want to get all the way into it, just pull down the switch
harness and plug it in there.  Turn it with a screwdriver and listen.

Good luck.

On 7/31/07, Stephen Edwards <welfarewrkr@igc.org> wrote:
>
> Hi volks,
>
> The van abruptly stopped running tonight, fortunately only 4 blocks
> from home (this is where teenage boys come in handy, or my better
> part would have had to abandon it by the roadside).  Has gas, has
> lights, it cranks, but as soon as I got in and turned on the ignition
> I noticed NO SOUND coming from the fuel pump.  It has 178,000 miles
> on it, the pump looks suspiciously pretty like it probably is not the
> original.  The filter was new about a year ago.
>
> Does the list recommend any tests before I simply order up another
> fuel pump?
>
> And while I'm at it, any advice on which brand of pump to get?
>
> Steve, in Chicago, 91 GL with '95 Subie 2.2 installed.
>



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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
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