Ask Bill about carbing a DeLorean and other K-Jet/Carb tangets

[sean]

Did his low beams still work with the popped fuse? I still have low beams.

It's been two months or so since and I don't recall which he lost but he did lose one of them, kept popping the fused link. Bumping up the fuse amperage fixed I so far.

[Ron]

Did you check fuse 15 and try swapping the low and high relays?

[stevedmc]

I'm back home from today's journey and am to tired to go outside to do any work. Tomorrow I will check relays, fuses, and of course ground connections.

Did you check fuse 15 and try swapping the low and high relays?

Poor Ron. When is he going to start to think before he writes?

[Ron]

Poor Ron. When is he going to start to think before he writes?

I'm sorry. The previous post was over a half hour old and when I went back a page to see what was going on, I saw you were still on line and tried to catch you.
It won't happen again.

[stevedmc]

Carburetors are awesome. Especially the Motorcraft 2100.

[content22207]

I'll be damned -- my password still works.

I harbor no delusions that this message won't be deleted after Sean wakes up. That is how moderation on this forum works -- the moderator makes derogatory statements, then deletes all attempts to respond to them.

Pretty cavalier on his part, considering what we discussed shortly before he threatened to revoke my password at the beginning of the month. I have kept my mouth shut thus far, but am beginning to wonder why I don't talk....

That is not a threat -- just wondering why I should continue to take the high road when the moderator does not.

Bill Robertson
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[sean]

I'll be damned -- my password still works.

of course it does, you've just been moved to the moderation list. No oversight on the pm either.


It's seems the Bill roller coaster has lead you there again. When you calm down youll be taken off just like before.


EDIT:
this was not meant to be a jab but rather a serious "why not?" question. With all that you have fashioned for your car I didn't think I was that far out there for you to adapt a mechanical pump.

I'm surprised you guys have not resorted to some jerry-rigged mechanical fuel pump yet. Seems it would be fitting rather than relying on these modern pumps.

[stevedmc]

Well I went to Autozone today and they swapped out my Spectra pump with no problem at all.

Before going to Autozone I checked my fuses since my high beams quit working last night. The high beam fuse was blown. I changed it out and I now have bright headlights again.

I wonder if a ground issue might be what caused my fuel pump and headlight failure in the same day.

I am too lazy to do a full bus ground right now but I am seriously thinking about running a ground wire directly from my battery to the fuel pump. It would only take 5 minutes to do and it should resolve my issue if it is ground related.

[Farrar]

I am too lazy to do a full bus ground right now but I am seriously thinking about running a ground wire directly from my battery to the fuel pump. It would only take 5 minutes to do and it should resolve my issue if it is ground related.

I'd suggest making a better ground for the inertia switch instead. It's good to be able to disable the fuel pump when you are working on the car and need to turn the key on but don't want the pump to run all the time. Having the fuel pump keyed to the main relay, as you have done, and grounding the pump directly to the battery (or frame, less wire to run) would mean that in order to stop the pump from running all the time when your key is on you'd have to open up the relay/fuse compartment and remove the jumper -- more trouble than tripping the inertia switch.

Farrar

[stevedmc]

As each day passes, the EFI thread reminds me more and more why I prefer the simplicity of carburetion.