Fuel Pump Electric Connector '98 V8

Hi,

I hope one of you fine contributors may be able to help me in my quest to fix an intermittent problem.

Before I explain, I just want to say how much I have been enjoying my Discovery. It's LPG (single point ) converted and I get about 180 miles on 70ltrs of gas. I have had it since April and it's my first Landy. Before that I had a Jeep Cherokee for ten years (About to go on eBay as it failed MOT).

Out of a slight funding issue I have started to do things myself that I would have never tried before. Simple things to start with. New set of HT leads, plugs and dist cap. This has always been somtyhing the garage has done for me. I am surprised how simple (ish) it was to do. I'm and IT bod by trade so I can see some logic to what and where things go but never had a go. I now enjoy getting my mits mucky with the car

So, to my problem; I think it is relativly simple to resolve but find the part is becomming troublesome. The leads the go into the plastic connector housing that fits into the fuel pump has a loose connection. It appears that there has been a problem here in the past as there is an obvious repair.

I am pretty sure it is the connector and not the fuel pump. When the car is running I "wigggle" the wires and I can clearly hear the fuel pump stop and start.

Firstly, is there somewhere I can get a replacement connector? I would then cut the old one off and replace with the new while also make sure the wires are fine. If this part is not available to re wire is there a good second hand supplier of such things so I can cut and splice to replace the faulty connection? This problems is no longer now and then it is almost every time I start the car. Going to the boot and giving it a wiggle to make the connection sometimes takes 30 seconds if someone is with me or up to 20 mins on my own.

Right, enough jibba jabba. Sorry to rattle on.

TYIA


Marcus

98 V8 3.9 Discovery with LPG

Have a look at this site and see if you can match the plug. Vehicle Wiring Products Ltd. Suppliers of auto electrical parts.

Thanks for the reply. Nothing obvious from the lists. I did try a few places to match it but with little luck.

Some pics of the faulty connection. There is some browning where I think the lead behind it is loose

Ok, but I have seen the subject crop up before so I will do a search on the LRO forum. I was sure this firm supplied the replacement plug, it's the female socket thats giving the problem looking at the pics.

Thanks again for the reply

I decided to try and put a fix in place instead of hunting for the right part:

Using some spade connectors (with some added heat shrink insulation on exposed metal, not shown)





I made some connectors up with some bullet terminals on the other end:


Once connected, the car started without any problems, so I taped the joints for added insulation and security:


I then taped the wires together and to stop any movement I added a cable tie to make sure it was secure:






I may be paranoid but as this was so close to petrol, I made sure each stage was taped to try and avoid any shorts/sparks.


Fingers crossed this will hold


Anyone see something dangerous or a way I could have done this a little better feel free to shout now

Cheers - Marcus

Psittacosis said:

Thanks again for the reply

I decided to try and put a fix in place instead of hunting for the right part:

Using some spade connectors (with some added heat shrink insulation on exposed metal, not shown)





I made some connectors up with some bullet terminals on the other end:


Once connected, the car started without any problems, so I taped the joints for added insulation and security:

I then taped the wires together and to stop any movement I added a cable tie to make sure it was secure:

I may be paranoid but as this was so close to petrol, I made sure each stage was taped to try and avoid any shorts/sparks.


Fingers crossed this will hold


Anyone see something dangerous or a way I could have done this a little better feel free to shout now

Cheers - Marcus

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Hi Marcus, that looks very neat to me and a good solution.

The only observation I have is that on the last two pictures there appears to be a small amount of dampness on the outgoing fuel line, the dark staining, which could be a tiny fuel leak. It's probably nothing as the burning in the plugs you found would be far worse than any issues your modification has introduced.

Need to be VERY careful with petrol.

Good luck

Dave

thebiglad said:

Hi Marcus, that looks very neat to me and a good solution.

The only observation I have is that on the last two pictures there appears to be a small amount of dampness on the outgoing fuel line, the dark staining, which could be a tiny fuel leak. It's probably nothing as the burning in the plugs you found would be far worse than any issues your modification has introduced.

Need to be VERY careful with petrol.

Good luck

Dave

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Thank you for the reply.

I'll take a closer look. Maybe add a little spacer and some extra insulation.

Well so far so good. The fix has held up and the problem has gone away

Thanks for the input.