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Subject:Re: Disabling the fuel pump
From:Wil Haslup
Date:Thu, 16 Mar 2006 12:43:50 -0500

JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:
> In a message dated 3/16/06 11:51:41 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> gronski@GMAIL.COM writes:
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>>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?
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>>Chris
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> yep..i have a fuel pump kill switch on my van...
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> chris

If you wire a kill switch shouldn't you wire it to a relay to the fuel
pump?  eventually won't a simple switch degrade providing constant power
to the fuel pump?

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Wil

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