Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2018 06:44:25 -0400
Reply-To: Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
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From: Stephen Grisanti <bike2vcu@YAHOO.COM>
Subject: Re: Fixed Re: Progress, Puzzle on "Fuel pump won't work"
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Thanks for that prompt. I couldn't believe he'd leave us hanging.
Stephen
Mobile
> On Apr 24, 2018, at 12:14 AM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
>
> Zoltan
>
> The Right & Proper thing to do @ this point is to let everyone know what the Fix was ~
>
>
>> On 23 Apr , 2018, at 4:27 PM, thewestyman wrote:
>>
>> 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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