here's what caused my 'crank-no-start' problem friday; the plug at the top of the pump "melted?" or disintegrated enough that the power pin in the plug was not doing its job.
so, um-

how close to catastrophic was this failure? anyone seen something like this? my LH low beam looked very similar, no crumbling but blistered and charred (

?!)and was an intermittent problem till I massaged the pin and 10K miles later no problem. was the plug in the fuel tank arcing or did it just give up quietly without potential explosion?
and yes, I am ordering the bracket with the plug in the morning, as I can't locate just the pigtail.