May the Fates always smile like this upon you.

--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR

On 10/9/2007 4:41 PM Stephen Edwards wrote:

> Thanks to everyone who replied to my cry for help, and special thanks
> to Tom Shiels of subaruvanagon.com who picked up the phone and guided
> me through this (I forgot to mention I was stranded 550 miles from
> home).
>
> Anyhow,  this turned out to be a short in the engine compartment.
> Nothing wrong with the pump per se (although since it already had quit
> once before, and the valve that stops fuel from leaking back past the
> pump was faulty so it was due for replacement).
>
> As for the short: when the van was converted to Subie power a year and
> a half ago, the wire from the fuse box to the fuel pump was strung
> across the top of the firewall in the groove where the plastic pipes
> from the WBX used to go.  It was not secured properly, had fallen down
> and was chafed between the edge of that groove and the Subie air
> intake. When my neighbor and I looked at it we could see bright copper
> wiring catching the sunlight!
>
> Anyhow a cheap and easy fix.
>
> Thanks again
>
> Steve
>