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Old Aug 9, 2009 | 10:50 AM
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found my electrical problem

Hi not sure if I should post this here or in the engine swap area feel free to move.
I have been trying to get my 86 5.0 engine swap running I am putting it into a 72.
I had the donor vehicle running before being parked several years. After spend several days of wiring i was not able to get the fuel pumps to kick on i checked and rechecked the wiring several times finally decided to test the relay and to my surprise the relay was not working correctly. I fired up the grinder to see what could of gone wrong with
the relay and to my amazement It was a rusted blob of metal it looked like it was out in the weather for a few decades.
 
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Old Aug 9, 2009 | 10:54 AM
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Very common problem, on the ford fuel pump relays to go bad. I carry a spare in each truck and have had to change it more than once
 
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