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11-05-2003, 10:13 PM

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OK I misunderstood your last post. I read it as the orange wire providing power for the fans, through the relay contacts.

Run it to the same ignition source as the fuel pump.

11-05-2003, 10:35 PM

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wow in the same slot, that wont hurt anything? or over power the fuse, burn up anything? lol cool

11-05-2003, 11:04 PM

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The relays don't draw enough power to really affect the fusing...the fuel pump might though. If you have a problem with a fuse blowing you can usually step it up 5 or 10 amps without having to worry about melting wires.....any more than that and you start getting into a potential fire hazard. I doubt you'll have a problem though.

11-05-2003, 11:12 PM

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ok in line fuse i used fo rthe fuel pump is 30 amp but i have 10 amp fuses, should i just use the 10?

11-06-2003, 12:19 PM

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Yes use the 10, or a 15 if you have one. The fuel pump only draws about 8-9 amps and using a fuse that's way too big is just inviting melted wires to move in.

11-06-2003, 12:29 PM

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ok gotcha, but i can still use the same "ING" slot on the fuse for both fuel pump AND Electric fans? Both are inline fused....so i would think it would be ok to do that kinda of rigging?

11-06-2003, 12:32 PM

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Yeah it shouldn't be a problem.

11-06-2003, 12:43 PM

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Holy GOD the car will be running this weekend.......hopefully everything goes smoothly

11-06-2003, 06:05 PM

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Good luck with it....I'll check back Tuesday when I get back from Chicago and see how it went.

11-06-2003, 07:07 PM

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well everything is setup now
BUT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! the pump never came on. So I did some looking on the FuseBlock and low and behold, there are no wires coming out of the back end of the block!!!

On the plus side I found 3 new places to set up the fuseblock to put my pump and fans in and something else if i want to. My question is.....How would I set the open slots in the fuse block to make the complete connection for the pump and fans? There is already recepticals in the block, I just need to put a wire running to a power source or something. Which would be....what?

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11-11-2003, 03:18 PM

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yeah i was looking at it again, and there are no wires running form the ING slot of the fuse block.

so can this be mod'ed or should i select a new slot?

11-11-2003, 07:15 PM

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Odd that the IGN slot is missing it's connector.....

Try the hot side of the ECM fuse....it's only on when the key is in RUN. If it comes down to it you can also splice into the power wire for the coil.