Originally Posted by
KrzyFast
Guys,
Zahanma summed it up best when he said "burp it and replace the fuse - No 13 if I remember correctly - it IS a 10amp fuse for sure.
I feel like such a dumba$$. I replaced the pump but never thought to check the fuse - with the SC cutting in and out i just thought the pump was done and not able to keep up. Potentially the pump was okay - obviously worn out since it blew the fuse - but who knows at this point?!?
I plugged in the new fuse and the Johnson kicked right in and I haven't had a problem since....and it has been pretty hot here in Currituck, NC...low to mid 90's.
Unfortunately I do not have a 1/4 mile track close by - Richmond, VA is the closest. I need to get up there and run it, but it is about 2-2.5hrs away. There are two 1/8 mile tracks pretty close by, but I don't know about running 1/8 mile. But then again I guess some track time is better than none.
Thanks again guys! The car is running like a champ!
Cheers,
KrzyFast
Glad to hear you got that fixed! Regarding drag strips, did the Suffolk raceway close down? When I
was a younger man and lived up that way, I'm pretty sure they had a 1/4 strip. I remember when
Creeds closed down, but I thought Suffolk survived. A lot closer to Currituck than is Richmod if it's
still there.
BTW, if anyone is keeping score, I had to replace the IC pump about a year after buying the car.
It was replaced under warranty with an OEM replacement. Not too long after that, I had the problem
again and again the pump was replaced under warranty with an OEM unit. That was about 5 1/2 years
ago, at least, and I've been running without that issue since. I had considered, at that time, that it
was probably a case of a bad batch of pumps, and later made units were without the problem. As I've
gone quite a while without a pump failure, that seems even more likely to me.