'82 CGT, Electrical Problems

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In a message dated 1/7/2013 5:08:16 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
audi at humanspeakers.com writes:

Sorry to  hear about the 'rocco!

The ignition is connected directly to the  starter:

switch > red/black wire to fuse panel > red/black wire  to T4 connector > 
red wire to starter.

The red/black side of  that connector goes to a few places - the cold 
start thermo switch, the  cold start valve (6th injector), the hot start 
pulse relay, and the enrich  relay.

The "starter relay" is built into the starter, like Chevy, not  Ford. 
For cranking current the starter is connected directly to the  battery.

Thank you, the Bentley "current flow" charts do not  appeal to me.


Too  bad about the stabiliser, you might have a very gummed up CIS system  
now.

How close to running was it on ether?  Did you give it a  nice big squirt?
It basically just caught for a second or two. "Big  squirt"? as much as 
seemed reasonable, I pulled the boot and sprayed the ether  on the flow sensor 
plate.



Do you have a stethoscope you can put on the fuel pump  while cranking to 
see if a buzzing can be detected?
Yes



One messy way to test fuel pump functioning is to open up  the supply 
line to the CIS and see if it sprays fuel all over your barn  (aim it 
into a jar)
At some point I id pull the supply line to see if there  was pressure. 
There was none, although I could see fuel in the distributor. I  have a pressure 
gauge, but not the adapter for use on CIS.



To save on the starter jumping for that test you could pull  the fuel 
pump relay and jumper the socket.  If your car had the fpr  recall done 
the relay should be above the fuse panel towards the right  end.
As soon as I have determined the "goodness" of the  ignition switch, I will 
try that for the fuel pump.



Good luck...


Tom