[mark houghton]

Friends, I meant this post to just be informative and to give us something to flap our lips about, plus I thought it was kind of funny as I did the McGiver thing, looking for something suitable to get me running. That yellow relay is pivotal to fuel flowing and sometimes they give up the ghost...and sometimes it's something entirely different. Keep a piece of wire on hand, just in case, or a spare relay. Or, put a fuse in line of this bridge (as already mentioned) and permanently do away with the relay. You will lose the safety feature that keeps the pumps from running until the fuel metering arm is drawn down when cranking the engine.
And by the way, the bridge is between 87A and 30 (for my 1987 anyway) - the relay contact points that provide the ground connection to the two fuel pump relays. See the diagram below.