If your automobile has every decent sort of fuel/spark ECU (Electronic Control Unit), it must already have a relay, as the energy from the ECU is also low to power the pump directly. If you have a carburetor automobile, fit a relay close to the pump.
How to Install Fuel Cut-Out Switch
Tools and Equipment Needed:
- Cable!
- Cable cutter and crimper, stripper
- Butt end connectors
- Electrical tape
- Screwdriver
- Drill with a large cone-shaped bit
- Toggle button (the flatter, the better)
- 10mm Spanner
- Hole spanner (for the hard-to-reach places)
Installation:
- Cut off battery.
- Release and eliminate the panel on the traveler side.
- Remove the plate on the driver side under the steering column.
- Remove the glove compartment and compartment door. Now you have access to the fuel relay box.
- The fuel (energy) relay box is bright green-this, applies to the '81 to '83 models. Consult the cabling diagram in your physical if you have a '79 - '80.
- Strip about a half-inch of cable, and apply the butt-end connectors to the toggle switch, fold those.
- Install the switch.
- If you decide anywhere in the stereo console area, you will have to eliminate the console face to access the desired location; if it is to be in the driver's side, find an area that is away from the joystick. Clearly hard plastic is the best.
- Drill a hole to the desired hole size for your toggle switch.
- Measure out a length of cable. Use the width of the car as your guide - better to have too much than too little!
- Feed the wire through the hole. If you installed it somewhere near the stereo you will have to feed the wire up behind the glove section area to the oil relay box. If you installed it near the driver's footwell area, you will have to feed the wire right along the front of the heater duct that goes in behind the center console, then over top of the right footwell vent and over to the relay and zap strap it to the hood release latch mounting, and a couple of little protrusions on the heat ducts along the way.
- Eliminate the green cover on the relay box, locate the fuel relay wire - this wire in the '81 is green-white, on the '82 it is blue-red.
- Using cable cutters, cut the relay cable - about an inch from the socket.
- Strip each end of the relay cable - again about a half inch. This is a bit tricky given the location.
- Install the butt end connectors - crimp the butt-end connectors onto the wire going to the switch.
- Insert each section of wire to each end of the oil relay wire and crimp the other end of the connectors.
- Do a test start to see if everything works. Turn the switch off while the car is running, the engine should die in about 10-20 seconds.
- Reinstall the centre console, driver side panel, glove compartment and passenger kick panel.
- And you're finished!
