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Originally Posted by Arne2
+1. I made a hard wired jumper to bypass mine when it failed in the garage, in the middle of my move to a new house. I had to drive the car, but had only owned a couple of months and had not bought a spare relay yet. The jumper worked so well that I don't have a spare relay, just the hardwire rig, which is always in the glovebox.
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I had previously modified my mechanical relay to test the fuel pump/pressure when I had some concerns about that with my '85. Took the case off & jumpered two of the pins using a fused wire and an intermittent (button) switch. When I wanted to power up the fuel pump w/o turning the car on to test the pump and pressure, I'd just reach under the seat & press & hold the button. Nice manual way to pressurize the system especially when the car sat for weeks. Looking back, it's probably better to allow the car to crank a wee bit longer while its building up fuel pressure as that allows time for the oil to circulate a bit more before it fires.