HodgePodge
NAXJA Member #987
- Location
- Duluth, Minnesota
Well, to make a long story short....
87 xj died this weekend, we narrowed it down to a fuel problem. No fuel pressure at the rail, and we couldn't hear the pump turn on. So we checked it for voltage. It was 6.6 volts in the on position, don't know what it was in the crank position.
I did some searching and found they switched to the ballast resistor in 87. Not sure if mine has one, didn't check. But when we were at the parts dealer he said there were two pumps listed, If I had this vin number I had to use this one, If i had the other Vin I needed this one. They only had one in stock so we took it. Hooked it up, and no go can't hear the pump fire up.
So when I run back up there (50 miles away) I'm gonna run 12 volts back there to see if i can get the pump to spin up. I'm pretty sure that since the 87 didn't come with a ballast resistor, It would be okay to simply bypass the resistor if it is found bad.
I'm also going to bring a spare relay with me to swap that out if it is needed.
Anyone have any Advice?
thanks,
Hodge
87 xj died this weekend, we narrowed it down to a fuel problem. No fuel pressure at the rail, and we couldn't hear the pump turn on. So we checked it for voltage. It was 6.6 volts in the on position, don't know what it was in the crank position.
I did some searching and found they switched to the ballast resistor in 87. Not sure if mine has one, didn't check. But when we were at the parts dealer he said there were two pumps listed, If I had this vin number I had to use this one, If i had the other Vin I needed this one. They only had one in stock so we took it. Hooked it up, and no go can't hear the pump fire up.
So when I run back up there (50 miles away) I'm gonna run 12 volts back there to see if i can get the pump to spin up. I'm pretty sure that since the 87 didn't come with a ballast resistor, It would be okay to simply bypass the resistor if it is found bad.
I'm also going to bring a spare relay with me to swap that out if it is needed.
Anyone have any Advice?
thanks,
Hodge