MY USUALLY FAITHFUL 83 245 STRANDED ME AT MY SON'S SCHOOL....

BEEN DRIVING AND STARTING FINE, NO ISSUES AT ALL.....

PULLED INTO THE SCHOOL LOT, SHUT IT OFF, #1 SON GETS IN, AND IT WON'T START....

I'VE REPLACED JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING(FUEL RELATED) ON THAT CAR ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, BEFORE I FOUND THIS(AND OTHER) BOARDS..... NOW I KNOW >A LOT< BETTER....

MY FIRST REPLACEMENT, TWO YEARS AGO WAS THE MAIN FUEL PUMP.....THEN I LEARNED OF RELAYS, AND JUMPERING, AND REPLACED BOTH RELAYS, (I NOW KEEP A SPARE) CHECKED THE 25A MAIN FUSE....REPLACED THE FUEL FILTER, EVEN GOT A USED ECU FROM THE PNP.....

LIKE I SAID, SINCE THEN, THE CAR HAS BEEN FINE....AND I'VE BEEN LEARNING....THE IN TANK PUMP IS DEAD, HAVE A NEW ONE, READY TO GO IN, JUST WAITING TO GET AROUNDTOIT...I SUSPECT IT'S BEING DEAD, MAY HAVE LEAD TO MY CURRENT TROUBLE....I THINK IT BEING DEAD, KILLED THE MAIN..........

FAST FORWARD TO LAST NIGHT, I JUMPERED THE 5 & 7 FUSES, NO JOY, REPLACED THE RELAY, STILL NO JOY, FINALLY RAN MY LOOOONG JUMPER WIRE BACK TO THE MAIN FUEL PUMP, AND IT'S DEAD...BATTERY TO POSITIVE FUEL PUMP CONNECTION DOES NOTHING......

WAITED AROUND FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS, GOT A RIDE HOME FROM THE EX WHEN SHE GOT OFF WORK, FOUND THE OLD FUEL PUMP I HAD PULLED TWO YEARS AGO, CLEANED IT UP, TESTED IT, AND IT SPINS FINE...........

SO THIS MORNING, I'M OFF TO TOSS THAT >BACK< IN, SITTING IN THE SCHOOL PARKING LOT, AS MUCH AS IT WILL EMBARASS THE SNOT OUTTA #1 SON(16 AND 11TH GRADE) BUT THAT'S LIFE....

OH, IT'S GOT PLENTY OF GAS, ANYTHING OVER HALF A TANK AND IT'S FINE WITH THE IN-TANK PUMP BEING DEAD, IT ONLY HAS 5-10 MILES SINCE A FILL........

GONNA BE FUN, ONCE IT'S RUNNING DOING THE CAR PICKUP SHUFFLE, WISH THE #1 SON HAD HIS LICENSE, I HATE SNAGGING RIDES FROM THE EX, BUT ALL MY FRIENDS ARE OUT OF TOWN ON BIZ TRIPS!!!!

MORE LATER WHEN I COMPLETE THIS MISSION...........
--CARLOS