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Before I get into the nitty gritty, I just want Doug to know that I owe him at least a pitcher of beer for the help this thread gave me.
So, the story--
Coming home from the Rubithon, between Needles and Kingman, AZ (can we say hot and miserable?), truck just dies on I-40.
Pull over and try to start her up again. No dice. Semi's blasting by me at 90 mph, I venture out and pop the hood. Check the battery connections--good; oil--good; coolant overflow--kosher. Fuses--EFI 15A is shot. Ok, put a new one in. Start her up--blows the fuse again. This gets me thinking--I need an electrical wiz.
Quick call to Alia176 to check the EWD. He says this sounds suspiciously like Doug's misadventure documented in this thread.
Ali says pull your access panel (thank god I made one in my drawer system--thanks Ali!) and pull the fuel pump. I pull it out and lo and behold--the entire bracket is bent because my gas tank got seriously crushed on the Rubicon (so did the rest of my truck--but that's for another day).
With the pump bracket getting crushed, the darkish-greenish-grayish wire going to the pump got chafed on the metal shorting out the EFI fuse. I taped up the best I could the wire and ziptied it away from the bracket. Connected the electrical connector, put a new fuse in, and gave it some power--bingo! Put pump back in place and the rig started up no problem and allowed me to drive the rest of the 650 miles home.
So, if your gas tank is crushed near the front, I would check your fuel pump to see its condition.
Now, the fun begins--new fuel tank, new fuel pump and all of the bits, and I gotta convince Lance to make me a fuel tank skid plate before next year's Rubithon trip!
Safe cruisering everyone and much thanks to Ali for the phone call trouble shooting and to my old friend Doug.....
