wollnutz
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- 1987
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Hello I have a 1987 Ford Ranger with 2.9 v6. The previous owner took the fuel pump off the frame rail to replace and apparently gave up after that. I got a new pump and put it back together, but when I turn key to run I do not hear the pump engaging. The motor will turn when I turn key to start but it will not fire up because I am not getting power to fuel pump.
So far I have bypassed the inertia switch because it was popped up and able to be pushed down, but would not stay down. I also cleaned the connections on both of my relay plugs on the passenger side fender wall. They were gunked up with what appeared to be very old dirty grease- after I did this and tried cranking the motor one of the relays made a buzzing or whining sound for a few seconds after the motor stopped turning, which wasn't happening before. One relay is broken and taped back together. I ran down to Napa and got a new relay (they only had 1 in stock) when I plugged it into brown plug the dash lights up in the run position (it didn't do that before) when I put the new relay in the green plug nothing changed but then the dash didn't light up. Should I get another relay in case they are both bad? They are Ford relays and look old and crappy.
I'm not really sure what else it could be besides a bad wire somewhere. I'm not great with electrical so any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks!
So far I have bypassed the inertia switch because it was popped up and able to be pushed down, but would not stay down. I also cleaned the connections on both of my relay plugs on the passenger side fender wall. They were gunked up with what appeared to be very old dirty grease- after I did this and tried cranking the motor one of the relays made a buzzing or whining sound for a few seconds after the motor stopped turning, which wasn't happening before. One relay is broken and taped back together. I ran down to Napa and got a new relay (they only had 1 in stock) when I plugged it into brown plug the dash lights up in the run position (it didn't do that before) when I put the new relay in the green plug nothing changed but then the dash didn't light up. Should I get another relay in case they are both bad? They are Ford relays and look old and crappy.
I'm not really sure what else it could be besides a bad wire somewhere. I'm not great with electrical so any advice would be appreciated.
Thanks!
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