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Location: Falls Church, VA
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DME relay question?
Hi all,
latest installment of my frustration with my useta-be reliable '88 NA. Got a call from the shop, mechanic said that I had a bad fuel pump relay section in my DME relay, and that car is now running again. I was present when the car first exhibited the no-start symptom and got in the car, thwacked the floorboard above the DME, and the car fired right up. Car exhibited same symptom later in the day with same result. Finally the third time it no-started it could not be revived by smacking FRED around. I thought that the DME relay was in the fuse panel? Is it a normal failure mode for these things that they fail intermittently before failing for good, and that the restarting after smacking the floor was just pure concidence? Or should I keep searching for a replacement DME because it's gonna fail again eventually? or should I just set the car on fire and make s'mores? I did purchase a completely boring work truck earlier this week, so that takes a little pressure off the little rascal, but I'd certainly like to be able to use the truck this weekend (due to the rules 'n' regulations associated with my company car, I am not allowed to let the girlie drive it, so if the '44 is not trustworthy I can't use the truck, or she has to stay home) because I just got a phone call that a friend of mine has purchased a stash of vintage hi-po Studebaker parts and wants some help retrieving it. nate
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06-27-2007, 01:16 PM
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that sounds like the DME itself, not the relay.
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06-27-2007, 01:28 PM
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Could it be a bad wire??? I was having a problem like that but with my turn signals. Replaced the realay and it still caused problems on and off. I always assumed it was the relay because I would open the hood and jiggle the relay, get back in the car and it worked! One day I had some time and I wanted to get to the bottom of this problem. I took the whole fues panel apart. Turned out one of the wire harnesses that plugs into the fuse panel underneath was loose. Fixed the loose wire harness and no more problems!
Do you think that when you hit the floor board you might have jiggled a wire the right way?
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