{"id":249,"date":"2016-01-03T20:24:01","date_gmt":"2016-01-04T03:24:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruiser54.com\/?p=249"},"modified":"2018-10-16T19:49:11","modified_gmt":"2018-10-17T02:49:11","slug":"improving-the-fuel-pump-ground","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cruiser54.com\/?p=249","title":{"rendered":"Improving the fuel pump ground"},"content":{"rendered":"

The fuel pump and fuel tank sending unit ground at a sheet metal screw up behind the spare tire on an XJ, \"\"<\/a>and behind the driver’s taillamp on an MJ.<\/p>\n

Not only is a sheet metal screw a lousy way to ground things, this ground path is long and travels through some connectors that are prone to corrosion and moisture.<\/p>\n

Locate the black wire on\u00a0\u00a0the HARNESS side of the fuel pump\/sender 3 wire connector. Remove a 6″ length of the split loom covering. Strip back about 1\/2″ of insulation from the BLACK wire.\"1-fuel<\/a><\/p>\n

Take your new ground wire, preferably at least 14 gauge and 12 to 18 inches long as needed, strip it about 3\/4″, and wrap it around the exposed part of the harness plug wire.\"1-fuel<\/a>Solder the connection. Tape it up and reinstall the split loom covering.\"1-fuel<\/a><\/p>\n

At the other end of your new ground wire, add a crimp on eyelet. Attach the eyelet under a bolt that goes directly into the chassis. Be sure to clean the attaching point til shiny and apply OxGard<\/a> to the contact surfaces.\"1-fuel<\/a><\/p>\n

Revised\u00a010-16-2018<\/p>\n

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The fuel pump and fuel tank sending unit ground at a sheet metal screw up behind the spare tire on an XJ, and behind the driver’s taillamp on an MJ. Not only is a sheet metal screw a lousy way to ground things, this ground path is long and travels through some connectors that are … Continue reading Improving the fuel pump ground<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"footnotes":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p80Oju-41","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cruiser54.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cruiser54.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cruiser54.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cruiser54.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cruiser54.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=249"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/cruiser54.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":604,"href":"https:\/\/cruiser54.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/249\/revisions\/604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cruiser54.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cruiser54.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cruiser54.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}