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SignUp Now!....................... Everyone buys a Hot wire kit, but forget the stock crappy connector with cheap thin wire on the hanger to the pump!
Same thing happened to me. Had to be towed home. Installed Jack's harness , no problems now.Last year I replaced a bad sender with one of the AC Delco units from Highway Stars and reused my Aeromotive Stealth 340 pump. Last month before Cecil my pump stopped working. When I dropped the tank this is what I found......
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Pinned connector going to the pump was burnt up due to the cheap wiring and the extra voltage draw from the 340 pump and hotwire harness. This really opened my eyes. The fact that some people and, more worryingly, shops are installing this setup knowing that it could fail like this is sickening. Under the right conditions this could have burned the car down. This is when I found out about the Racetronix upgraded tank harness and that it is now discontinued according to Mike at Full Throttle. A local friend had bought one for his TTA but wound up not using it and I wanted to see if it would work on the Buick. Only difference I found was the conntector for the fuel pump itself needed to be modified slightly and be plugged in upside down. It's part # BCWA-FL98HD which is still available if your in a pinch. Side by side it is a definite upgrade. Here is the complete harness installed and ready to drop in......
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That is exactly what I've told people about when putting in a hotwire kit . I have had 3 bulkhead connectors burned up on stock pumps and 2 were not on turbo buicks , they were on chevy P/U 's .Last year I replaced a bad sender with one of the AC Delco units from Highway Stars and reused my Aeromotive Stealth 340 pump. Last month before Cecil my pump stopped working. When I dropped the tank this is what I found......
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Pinned connector going to the pump was burnt up due to the cheap wiring and the extra voltage draw from the 340 pump and hotwire harness. This really opened my eyes. The fact that some people and, more worryingly, shops are installing this setup knowing that it could fail like this is sickening. Under the right conditions this could have burned the car down. This is when I found out about the Racetronix upgraded tank harness and that it is now discontinued according to Mike at Full Throttle. A local friend had bought one for his TTA but wound up not using it and I wanted to see if it would work on the Buick. Only difference I found was the conntector for the fuel pump itself needed to be modified slightly and be plugged in upside down. It's part # BCWA-FL98HD which is still available if your in a pinch. Side by side it is a definite upgrade. Here is the complete harness installed and ready to drop in......
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