My old man's go-to troubleshooting advice was, "Check your connections!"  That did not keep me from hearing him complain about his own repairs, "I already checked that TWICE!"

Stephen

Mobile

> On Apr 24, 2018, at 10:47 AM, Andrew Martin <ramblinvan@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Anyone that’s been working on vehicles as long a we have has made mistakes... I once left the the AFM plug disconnected after a tune up and fiddled with everything else until it was dark, then gave up. The van would start, run then stall. I spent the night annoyed and frustrated as hell. The next morning I immediately noticed the AFM plug was hanging behind the air box, not plugged in. Sometimes being human is hard :)
> 
> Andrew 
> (in Kitsap County)
> 
> Sent from my iPad
> 
>> On Apr 24, 2018, at 7:27 AM, thewestyman <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear List,
>> 
>> The fix was; "extreme carelessness" with overly poor connection of the
>> relevant wire.
>> In other words; I, the dummy, left that wire off when I assembled.
>> One guy suggested to look for one wire that was not attached.  I found.
>> My head down, I confess.
>> Yours truly,
>> Zoltan
>> 
>> 
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Zoran Mladen
>> Sent: Monday, April 23, 2018 4:16 PM
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM ; thewestyman
>> Subject: Re: Fixed Re: Progress, Puzzle on "Fuel pump won't work"
>> 
>> And the solution was????
>> --------------------------------------------
>> On Mon, 4/23/18, thewestyman <zolo@FOXINTERNET.NET> wrote:
>> 
>> Subject: Re: Fixed  Re: Progress, Puzzle on "Fuel pump won't work"
>> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>> Date: Monday, April 23, 2018, 4:27 PM
>> 
>> 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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