'89 won't start after fender-bender
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'89 won't start after fender-bender
I had a fender-bender and the truck shut off immediately upon impact, so I thought it would be the inertia switch that has the power cut off from the fuel pump, but it is not tripped. The fuel pump relay was my next thing to check, and I think it is the problem. I am no electrician, but I found a diagram, and checking with my volt meter, I get the following voltages for the color wires indicated. Yellow- ~12.6 switch on or off. Brown – dead. Tan/Light Green,- ~ 5.6. switch on. Red, ~5.6 switch on. I believe there should be voltage on the brown wire with the switch on, so I think that my relay is bad. The problem is, the relays that are available at NAPA, Autozone, O'reillys, etc, do not look like mine. Mine has 4 blades, new ones have 5. Mine has a molded “keyway” in the body of the plug, the new ones do not. The Ford dealership parts department tells me this is not available from Ford any longer. Can anyone educate me by looking at the images below?
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So I found a tutorial that appears to be helpful at troubleshooting my problem. I will post back results after I follow it through. Thanks for all the responses thus far.
http://easyautodiagnostics.com/ford/...-relay-tests-1
http://easyautodiagnostics.com/ford/...-relay-tests-1
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