Flade
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Ok let’s cover a few things here. 1st the conector you couldn’t identify. Was it the one in the left trunk snapped up against the bracket for the Keyless entry? That is used to program new my fobs. You short the pins to put it in program mode. Also the plastic loop above t is to add a factory alarm. If you can find one used, it just slides in and. The connectors are taped up behind the trim panels.
Now to your starting problem. You should be getting close to battery voltage at the fuel pump. Less than about 10 volts and pump will not run. In my experience, low voltage at the pump can be caused by a bad ECU. There is a wire from the Fuel pump relay in the CCRM to the ECU. The ECU uses it to sense voltage to the Pump. Sometimes when the ECU goes bad it shorts this wire causing low voltage to the pump. If you don’t have PATS on a 96 you can swap the ECU to test it. I seem to think you can remove the ECU and see if the pump now primes, but can’t remember for sure if it will prime with the ECU disconnected. When son’ ECU went bad We bypassed the wire with a wire from the battery to prove that was the problem. He drove the car like that for a couple days until we replaced the ECU.
Now to your starting problem. You should be getting close to battery voltage at the fuel pump. Less than about 10 volts and pump will not run. In my experience, low voltage at the pump can be caused by a bad ECU. There is a wire from the Fuel pump relay in the CCRM to the ECU. The ECU uses it to sense voltage to the Pump. Sometimes when the ECU goes bad it shorts this wire causing low voltage to the pump. If you don’t have PATS on a 96 you can swap the ECU to test it. I seem to think you can remove the ECU and see if the pump now primes, but can’t remember for sure if it will prime with the ECU disconnected. When son’ ECU went bad We bypassed the wire with a wire from the battery to prove that was the problem. He drove the car like that for a couple days until we replaced the ECU.