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fuel pump help

warrpath4x4

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1988 K5 with a 350 in it. long story short fuel pump relay is working, no power to the fuel pump (I understand the problem there), I put 12 volts to my fuel pump and I just here a click or thunk sound, its a new pump (I know that doesn't mean its not bad).

has anyone ever ran into this problem before where the fuel pump just made a click sound with 12 volts to it.
 
Unlikely to be the issue, but the tank is grounded to the frame properly?

You used the 12V test lead on the fuel pump relay to check for the fuel pump operation?
 
tank is grounded and I ran a wire directly from the battery to the fuel pump.
 
Pretty tough to say it's anything but the pump if you know it's not pumping fluid, the tank is grounded, and you powered the right wire.

FWIW that is why the red wire is dangling off the fuel pump relay...put 12V+ from the battery to that wire, the pump will run if it's good.
 
I seen that there but wasn't sure, I knew there was a test lead but wasn't sure where. there's a reason I like my 72 K5 over the 88, so much simpler lol
 
Using that factory jumper wire wont help if the rest of the wiring between the fuse box to the pump is gangrene--which often happens after many years of salt and or weather exposure..

I'd unplug the connector right at the pump if possible,and use an old headlamp as a test lamp,which will draw enough amps to show up any excessive resistance in the wire--it'll glow dim if it has voltage drop,while a multi-meter or small bulb will seem to show no problem...
A friend showed me one truck that drove him nuts at his shop on the lift--it had a new pump installed a few days earlier,then died again,had to be towed in..when he hooked up and left the headlamp bulb on for about 30 seconds--the lamp would suddenly flicker,go dim,then barely glow...he had replaced the wire connector at the pump supplied with the new pump too,those often corrode and cause troubles..

He then showed me a section of the wiring up near the drivers side floor that had been rubbed thru and was all green inside,that he had not inspected when the new pump was installed...he ran a new wire,and it started right up...thought it was a defective new pump,but in this case it wasn't..(about 1/3 of all new electric fuel pumps he installs seem to come back "junk" in a few weeks time--its getting tougher to get a good one the first time around
 
I hooked up a jump wire from the battery to the test terminal last night just to see if I had a different result, nope still a thunk sound.

that is a good idea with the old headlamp (I just so happen to have one in my office), the sending unit is new also so there was no old wires inside hooking to the pump.

I will try the lamp tonight or tomorrow depending on when I get off work, then if it seems to be fine I will just change the pump again.

the most annoying thing about this is it was running fine but the gauge didn't work and it was the sending unit, so I put a new sending unit in with a new pump and it was fine for a couple weeks then died going down the road. I looked for a blown fuel pump fuse (not realizing it was called "ECM B") and didn't find any, then I replaced the fuel pump relay because it had just been hanging from the previous owner and it still wouldn't start, so I changed the pump and still no start. then I find the real fuel pump fuse..... and it was blown. so in theory if I had just found the right dang fuse to begin with, my old pump (which I still have) may have been fine.
 
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