FI fuel pump relay

[rwf8ball]

Do these colored wires look correct and in the right place? It's a fuel injection fuel pump relay on a 68 fastback.

[Elroyyy]

This is one of those times you'll have to get a wiring diagram (check the "Technical" tab above) and track down both ends of the wires to make sure.

[KTPhil]

Yes, if you look closely (and maybe have to clean with a swab), you can see the terminal numbers on the bakelite plate on the bottom of the relay. Those correspond to those on the wiring diagram, which will show you which wire is which.

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FI Relays (pump relay is the lower of the two)

Yours looks right to me, but you can check the path of the two red wires... one to power (30/51), one to the pump up front (87). 85 & 86 are encased in that white plastic housing.

[rwf8ball]

That's exactly what I thought I pulled the wires off I could see the numbers on it. It looks wired correctly to me I just needed a second opinion. So thanks for your input guys I appreciate it, I'll have to do some more digging.

[Bobnotch]

[KTPhil]

[stonecoldcars]

If your having problems with this relay. if memory serves me correctly, this relay gets power from the relay under the rear seat passenger side.
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[rwf8ball]

This relay is the one under the dash, it is suppose to supply power to the electric FI fuel pump. KTPhil I do have an automatic in my 69 Squareback FI, but this is for my 68 FI fastback standard transmission, and then there's my 66 notchback, I haven't started working on that one yet.

[Donnie strickland]

My relay, from a 1971 automatic car:

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71 Elm Green FI A/T Squareback

[rwf8ball]

Hey Donnie great pic, thanks. But look at your white plastic plug wires, it looks like mine are reversed. Maybe that's why my car won't start.

[KTPhil]

I always thought the plastic plug was used instead of plain connectors to ensure it COULDN'T be plugged in backwards.

Anyone got a photo of the relay without any wires connected? Are those two pins out of alignment so the plastic housing can't be inserted backwards? Or is the flange on the plastic intended to prevent this? Otherwise I don't see the point, since it invites reversal.

[rwf8ball]

Here's mine without the plastic plug hooked up to it.

[KTPhil]

Thanks, so it looks like it can be inserted backwards. I'm pretty sure it won't work backwards.

I wonder why there is that plastic connector housing, and only here?

[rwf8ball]

Yes I thought it was a one-way deal as well, until I saw the one that Donnie had posted. I'm going to turn mine around and see what that does.

[Bobnotch]

[rwf8ball]

Well I'm not sure what's going on, but I hooked up my test light to the blue wire with the ignition switch on, it was nice and bright. I then flipped the wires and hooked up my test light again, which would make it the white wire same terminal it was dim. I reversed them again and hooked up a known hot wire to the fuel pump terminal, still no fuel pump activity. So then I pulled the pump off and hooked it directly to a battery, come to find out the fuel pump was a little stuck, so playing with it a little bit got it unstuck now the fuel pump and the relay both work as they should.

[Bobnotch]