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Resolved Ooops, Need Help.. Fuel Pump Relay Hot wire Snagged and Cooked

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Long story short. Pulling some stuff from under the drivers side seat and somehow snagged the fuel pump relay hot wire out of the pig tail and it shorted out on the bracket and filled the car with smoke.

The wire has been fixed, but no surprise, no power to the fuel pump. Relay opens closes and checks good. I assume the wire got hot somewhere down line to the fuel pump. Apart from dropping a full fuel tank and check the wires there where else should I be looking for cooked wires.

Where is the fuse link at, I circled it. Could it be bad? The relay has power.
Car starts if I spray starting fluid.

It’s a pink wire black stripe

 

AeroCoupe

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Probe the fusible link on either side and if there is no continuity it’s bad.
 
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AeroCoupe said:
Probe the fusible link on either side and if there is no continuity it’s bad.
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Is it at the starter solenoid or in the driver side kick panel?
 

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Disregard post. I found the troubleshooting post. I'll go through it and go from there.
 

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It’s at the starter solenoid on the inner fender by the battery.
 

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AeroCoupe said:
It’s at the starter solenoid on the inner fender by the battery.
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jumped pins on the test port as recommended in the trouble shooting thread. No power to the fuel pump. Found the burned up fuse link and on the road again.
 
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