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Most cars of that year and newer have a bump switch in the trunk that cuts off fuel so the car want burn up in the event of a wreck. Check in the truck, locate the switch and push to reset
There should be a inerta cutoff switch that shuts off the fuel pump when you have a crash. It could be under the dash on the drivers side or possibly in the trunk. It would have a little button that needs to be pushed in to reset it.
It's probably not the inertia switch which kills the fuel pump totally. It's in the trunk and you reset it by pushing down the red button.
I'm rusty on that old car,but my Dad had one.GREAT CARS! Safe when wrecked,too!Ha,Ha!!!
A vacuum leak will kill a car after fast idling is over at start-up, but there is probably an electrical solenoid acting up( IATC solenoid?), in the air plenum or at the throttle plate..It's somewhere in that area,I'd say. don-ohio
Fuel pump cut out switch. One of the back quarter panels(ford likes the left). Same kind of place the jack hides in most minivans. Typically little black box with little red button.
pumps are rare to fail on these. the quick easy thing to check is the inertia switch. if in a wreck or jarred hard, this switch shuts down the fuel pump to stop a fire and must be manually reset. it is located behind the lower kick panel on the passenger side of cab interior. its a little black switch with a red button facing upward. if tripped the button is up. push back down and it will re-engauge. try to start may have to crank alittle to prime. this procedure is in your owners manual too if need be.
You won't hear the fuel pump come on with the key switch because they are engineered to NOT pump unless the engine is running so that you don't set yourself and the world on fire if you get in a bad wreck. Some units fire with distributor pulses and ALL will have have a wreck reset device that you can not find so far.
Perhaps that is what was wrong with the first pump? The wreck reset device is inertia triggered to forever kill the fuel pump until manually reset or replaced, you MUST find it where ever it is. It might have been damaged electrically by the first pump? You possibly have a computer failsafe in operation preventing you from starting your engine until the RESET device is reset properly?
the fuel pump safety switch is tripped from the accident, reset it.
The switch is located behind the trim panel inside the truck on the left hand side, there is a small access hole u put your finger through to push and reset switch.
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