Cracked fuel pump relay
riccbhard
01-17-2006, 10:14 PM
1989 V8 305
I just noticed that the fuel pump relay up by the fan relay is cracked off of it's screws and it's bouncing around in that little area up there. My question was, would it be possible to just replace this fuel pump relay with one from a '87 Firebird?
Not that it's any problem buying one, it's just that I have one laying here from a Firebird V6.
EDIT: My reason for conern was because that the fan relay was also broken off of it's screws and the actual relay 'guts' fell out and caused the fan to sometimes work right and sometimes not (finally figured out why it was overheating sometimes and sometimes not... I was about to replace the fan motor and then I noticed that.)
I just noticed that the fuel pump relay up by the fan relay is cracked off of it's screws and it's bouncing around in that little area up there. My question was, would it be possible to just replace this fuel pump relay with one from a '87 Firebird?
Not that it's any problem buying one, it's just that I have one laying here from a Firebird V6.
EDIT: My reason for conern was because that the fan relay was also broken off of it's screws and the actual relay 'guts' fell out and caused the fan to sometimes work right and sometimes not (finally figured out why it was overheating sometimes and sometimes not... I was about to replace the fan motor and then I noticed that.)
malletslinger
01-17-2006, 10:45 PM
I think it should be ok. Put the two relays side by side and compare them(just to be shure) I think a new one would be between $12 and $17.
Look at the numbers white #s on top of the relay housing itself and see if they are the same.
Its strange that both of these relays have broken off of their mounts, in my 89 camaro, both of those relays are origional, just looked at them earlier while searching for my gages short and the mountings on both of them are perfect...
Look at the numbers white #s on top of the relay housing itself and see if they are the same.
Its strange that both of these relays have broken off of their mounts, in my 89 camaro, both of those relays are origional, just looked at them earlier while searching for my gages short and the mountings on both of them are perfect...
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