# Fuel pump: 1988 Ford Ranger

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-pump-1988-ford-ranger/66127>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [July 10, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-pump-1988-ford-ranger/66127 "2011-07-10T21:03:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Dot](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dc4da7/32.png) [@Dot](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Dot)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2011, 9:03pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-pump-1988-ford-ranger/66127/1 "2011-07-10T21:03:55Z")

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when I turn key I should hear fuel pump, I don’t. I can jump pump & it will run but it still won’t start. I reset inertia switch, switched pumps (new one) still won’t start. What next???

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**Author:** ![FordMan59](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@FordMan59](https://community.cartalk.com/u/FordMan59)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2011, 12:34am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/fuel-pump-1988-ford-ranger/66127/2 "2011-07-11T00:34:57Z")

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Could be a bad fuel pump relay. I’m not sure where it’s located on the Ranger, but I know on the Ford Escorts of that era the fuel pump relay was located on the ECU bracket. There were two relays on the bracket a brown/black one that was the EEC relay and a green/black one that was the fuel pump relay.