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My fuel pump is no longer starting when you operate the ignition. The pump works fine if you hot wire it. Can anyone tell me where the fuse is for it?   Troubleshooting so far: I had a flat battery caused by a door lamp operating 24/7 due to a broken switch (must fix that). The car was running really well before the flat battery. I charged the battery up (neg batt terminal disconnected while charging) and then tried to start the car - did not hear the fuel pump operate - car no start I took the fuel pump out - was in surprisingly good condition.  Operates when connected to a battery - no issues there (drained the tank varnish while I was in there) I turned to the pump relay under the dash near the brake booster.  There is no power coming to the relay on the signal wire when I operate the ignition (I can operate the pump manually when I put 12v to the pump wires - that side of the relay has constant 12v to it). The Gregory's manual says to check that the fuel pump fuse is serviceable (pg94). I can't find a fuel pump fuse anywhere. I've looked under the steering column and all fuses are good (most are lights, instruments etc - One 10a fuse is call engine and it's fine.  There are 2 barrel fuses coming off the +ive battery terminal and they are fine also.   Any suggestions?

This forum is (in my opinion) one of the best out there when it comes to active users as well as the quality of information on the site. It would be nice to bring that to some of the newer stuff.

If it's easy enough to set up, then I'd say the three generations in their own sections would make searching/finding easier. There could be a rolling Q&A thread for people to use then copy paste into the relevant pages if desired.

I recently decided to do this Job myself.. until i stumbled upon a retrimmed headliner at the wreckers, so just bought it and swapped it.   I first removed My old one, because My plan was to drive to the wreckers without it and fit it in the carpark (would barely fit in the car any other way)   using the videos below as how to's, i managed to remove the old one fairly confidently, and then at the wreckers i got the reconditioned one out in less than 20mins.(didn't time it, but didn't break anything, and used a screwdriver to lever out the plastic plugs, no fancy trim tool)

I haven't got to fully refitting the new one in, been focussing on other jobs, but it's in and holding itself up. 

in My wagon, the headlner had a sunglasses holder(broken) and the new one didn't have the map lights or sunglasses holder.. and i decided not to mess with it.
the BA style sunglases holder is double the price of an AU one on ebay ($200 Vs $100 ish) so be careful if messing with either, as the BA style one that was in my series 3 AU crumbled on removal. 


 
   

Welcome to 2025 with a good suggestion Dean.   We have sections for F-Trucks, Cortina and Escort so I think it is a good idea to expand into the E- Series and AU.   The three Falcons my father drove in his lifetime were XD, EA and AU so I have a bias towards those three generations which aren’t always well received. It does hurt every time I see an AU getting tuned into a budget skidder.

post your suggestion below, and I'll find some time to add them into the forum.    there will be a detailed and specific AU section for sure, as i am a new owner and would like to see info easy to find for Myself any anyone else lucky enough to find themselves a non skidder classic to own and enjoy. 
so should we have an EA to ED,  EF and EL and AU, BA BF and FG section added? 
is there any structure you'd like to see or just a facebook style rolling Q&A style for the moment (much easier initially for Me/admin to establish)    Thanks for your time and input, 
Dean.
 

This is a trial thread, as many X series owners also have modern fords. and info is starting to be harder to come across.    What i'd like to do here, is begin a useful reference to certain common issues with links to other forum topics or Facebook groups or YouTube etc.    As a new owner of an AU, i found it quite difficult to find easy to follow steps on things without a lot of time googling and searching.    such as, how to remove a headliner so it can be either dropped off at a trimmer, replaced with a second hand one or retrimmed yourself.    this post is locked, and i'll start a suggestion box thread next.

I've had that sandwich plate rubbing before on a clevo/C4 combo. definitely worth checking. 
I'd also tip water over the fan/alternator belts, as silly as it sounds i've had them causing noises that sound nothing like you think

May be contact with a buckled sandwich plate. Don't assume it's the correct flex plate, make sure.   Yes, undo the nuts and see if you have some movement in the convertor on the studs. Should have 2 - 4 mm movement, at least. More could be an incorrect flex plate (unlikely, but possible).

Flex plate is new and I'm assuming it's the correct one for the C4.... Pioneer FRA-205.   Is it possible to check that without pulling the transmission off like undoing the convertor nuts and see if there's some movement?