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Old Aug 17, 2007 | 03:50 PM
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E350-fuel pumps quit!!

Im hoping someone can help me with this problem as I really need to get this started. I have a 86 E350 camper with a 460 engine and no fuel injection. It ran fine last fall, but I went to start it this spring and it won't fire. I pour gas in the carb and she fires but of course won't stay running. I can not hear either fuel pump running(dual tanks). If I put 12 volts to the hot wire of the fuel pump it should run, correct? There seems to be four wires running into each sending unit, does anyone know which one is the hot one. Can anybody give me some hints as to what to check as far as not getting any power to the fuel pumps. thanx for any help you can give me. wnk.
 
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Old Aug 17, 2007 | 05:46 PM
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Yes if you put 12 volts on the hot wire to a fuel pump and the fuel pump is grounded it should run.
 
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Old Aug 20, 2007 | 09:38 AM
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rap the tank with a rubber mallet a few times. That got me out of a jamb, late one night. The van started up and got me home. Had to replace the pump the next day.
 
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Old Sep 24, 2007 | 10:54 AM
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Bill - Is your diagram above correct for an 83 E350 as well? (under a Tioga Class C rv)...
 
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Old Sep 24, 2007 | 01:26 PM
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Bill - Is your diagram above correct for an 83 E350 as well? (under a Tioga Class C rv)...
Note that an 83 RV is more than likely a 1982 E350.
Here is one for an 83 E350 460 with El. Fuel pumps.
If you have a mechanical fuel pump then post back and I will see what I can come up with.

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Old Sep 24, 2007 | 01:30 PM
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Thanks - with this a number of other diagrams you and others have posted, I think I'm on my way to fixing the beast. It's a single tank (aftermarket 30 gal) with external electric fuel pump (Holley Red) at the front of the tank feeding a mechanical pump, lifting to the carb (thru the vapor seperator)
 
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Old Sep 24, 2007 | 01:54 PM
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Thanks - with this a number of other diagrams you and others have posted, I think I'm on my way to fixing the beast. It's a single tank (aftermarket 30 gal) with external electric fuel pump (Holley Red) at the front of the tank feeding a mechanical pump, lifting to the carb (thru the vapor seperator)
If it has the mechanical pump then every thing else is after market.
I have the same 1982 RV cutaway on my class "C" with the 460 and a 1983 home on it.
I have replaced the front tank with a tank from a 1988 E150 with an electric fuel pump in the tank and put an electric fuel pump on the rail for the after tank that also supplies the fuel to the Generator Set.
I can run on just the mechanical pump or the mechanical pump and one or both electric fuel pumps.
Here is how I wired it.

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Old Sep 24, 2007 | 02:31 PM
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Great info (sorry to the OP for the thread hijack) ... I added the mechanical pump in trying to resolve an intermittent loss of power problem and seems to have resolved it (trouble free for 5 years) until recently.

I bought the RV from the original owner and it had an external electric pump. That one got real noisy soon after I bought it (10 years old then) and I replaced it with a Carter. I just recently replaced the Carter with a Holley Red I had laying around, when the problem cropped up again. This time, however, the problem was accompanied by the module fuse blowing - never did that before, and was a frustrating self-healing problem.
 
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