

| Subject: | Re: Running Rich, need help (and wierd fuel pressure) |
| From: | David Brodbeck |
| Date: | Sun, 28 Jul 2002 22:18:40 -0400 |
On Sun, 28 Jul 2002, mark drillock wrote:
> Another couple things come to mind. Hot wire the fuel pump so it runs
> continuously with the ignition being off. This is easily done at the
> fuel pump relay. Remove the relay. Put male spade connectors on one end
> of each of 2 short wires. Plug these into pins 30 and 87 of the fuel
> pump relay socket. Touch the other 2 ends together and the fuel pump
> will run.
That's a bit of work. I don't know about the later model fuel systems,
but on my '75 I could accomplish the same thing by turning the key on
(without starting the engine), then wedging a pencil in the AFM flap to
hold it open slightly.
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