O/T fuel pump relay 93 Bonneville

fixerupper · Jul 27, 2013

Most of you know a lot more about automotive than I do so I'm asking this car question here. How do you trick the fuel pump relay into running the fuel pump all the time with the engine not running in a 93 Bonneville? Son wants to use the car's fuel pump to pump the fuel out of it before it goes to Grab-N-Go. Thanks, Jim

Anonymous-0 · Jul 27, 2013

my experience with electric fuel pumps says just turn the key to ON and the pump should start a pumping.I think you want to take the line apart before the filter if it's an inline. If the filter is at the tank it may or may not work.

Hobo,NC · Jul 27, 2013

(quoted from post at 01:37:33 07/28/13) Most of you know a lot more about automotive than I do so I'm asking this car question here. How do you trick the fuel pump relay into running the fuel pump all the time with the engine not running in a 93 Bonneville? Son wants to use the car's fuel pump to pump the fuel out of it before it goes to Grab-N-Go. Thanks, Jim

Apply 12V to the fuel pump prime conn at the fuel pump relay or

jump the red and gray wires at the fuel pump replay or

jump the blk/pink to gray wires at the oil pressure switch or

take the cover off the relay and wedge the contacts close or

knock a hole in the fuel tank & drain then drop the tank and cut it in haft you then will have a nice drip/drain pan to use... I have 4 of'em and luv'em...

fixerupper · Jul 27, 2013

Thanks, Hobo. I thought I located the relay but when I pulled it and my son turned the key on it still pumped for the two seconds. The relay I was touching clicked when it timed out but I must have been touching the wrong one. Grab-N-Go will pay him more if he can drive it to their yard so he needs to have it drivable. This car has 275,000 miles with the original engine and tranny and has been nickel and diming lately so when a lifter collapsed he thought it was time to give up. Needs tires and brakes too. Jim

Hobo,NC · Jul 27, 2013

(quoted from post at 05:04:22 07/28/13) Thanks, Hobo. I thought I located the relay but when I pulled it and my son turned the key on it still pumped for the two seconds. The relay I was touching clicked when it timed out but I must have been touching the wrong one. Grab-N-Go will pay him more if he can drive it to their yard so he needs to have it drivable. This car has 275,000 miles with the original engine and tranny and has been nickel and diming lately so when a lifter collapsed he thought it was time to give up. Needs tires and brakes too. Jim

How much more...

The converter may fetch close to $100
If it has aluminum wheels a EZ $15 a piece...
Theirs more but those are the EZ money the rest are make work deals that only pay if you can scrap out enuff to fill drums with cores...

Worst case it would drive across with out the converter :idea: and loaded with every piece of scrap I could get into it,,, its a weight thang :wink:...

I leave the windows down on all I scrap out for awhile

fixerupper · Jul 27, 2013

Grab-N-go paid me $350 for a S-10 I drove up to their door. A year before that they paid me $250 for a running Chevette. I Don't know what they'll pay for a Bonnie. We don't take the time to scrap things out anymore. Too many other things to do. Jim

Hobo,NC · Jul 27, 2013

Dunno what the price is its not as good as it was a few years ago..

I will guess its $10 a hundred @3555 lbs $355.00 plus what ever bonus you get for it driving across the scales... My guess $11/12 a hundred...
http://car-safety-ratings.findthedata.org/q/109/1038/How-much-does-the-1993-Pontiac-Bonneville-weigh

Anonymous-0 · Jul 27, 2013

A runnin Chevette - wouldn't that qualify as a classic?

SDE · Jul 27, 2013

On one of my cars, I disconnected the fuel line and then turned the key to the on position. I then held the battery cable against the battery for as many seconds as the pump would run. Then I removed the cable and did it again and again until the tank was empty.
SDE

fixerupper · Jul 27, 2013

Far as I know it was the only running Chevette left in the county. It was kind of like driving a glorified go-kart. The mileage was good but the ride was like a lumber wagon and the engine was knocking and leaking and the clutch was on it's last breath. I was lucky to make it to the salvage yard with the engine in one piece. LOL.

Bumping the battery cable sounds like a good 'n simple way to do it. I don't know how much gas is in the tank but it shouldn't take long. Jim

Bob · Jul 27, 2013

Look at the ALDL connector under the dash... If there IS a connector in cavity "G", simply jumper battery voltage to that connector and the fuel pump will run!

<img src = "http://www.2carpros.com/forum/automotive_pictures/198357_Graphic_564.jpg">

O/T fuel pump relay 93 Bonneville

fixerupper

Well-known Member

Anonymous-0

Well-known Member

Hobo,NC

Well-known Member

fixerupper

Well-known Member

Hobo,NC

Well-known Member

fixerupper

Well-known Member

Hobo,NC

Well-known Member

Anonymous-0

Well-known Member

SDE

Well-known Member

fixerupper

Well-known Member

Bob

Well-known Member

Similar threads