Dan 84K20
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- Location
- Manhattan, KS
- First Name
- Dan
- Truck Year
- 1984
- Truck Model
- K20
- Engine Size
- 5.7 350
Hello, I read a thread on here from a while back where a guy needed this part identified. It was a little silver box that mounted to the driver side valve cover. A plug with 4 wires inserted into this part. Another gentleman on here identified it as the Early Fuel Evaporator Relay. Essentially its job was apparently to send the signal from the pumps (auxiliary tank) to the single fuel gauge cluster the fuel level for whichever tank is selected.
My fuel system has been working great ever since I had everything but the tanks replaced in it. But the plug on that relay was old brittle plastic and upon doing some other work under the hood (kickdown cable replacement) the plug completely crumbled apart. This caused the wires to short to each other and blow the 20a fuze for the ACC slot, and I'm fairly certain the relay might be bad too. I opened it up and found some charcoal looking gunk connecting the solder on the contacts. (I'll upload pictures of it tomorrow). Either way, no dealership, no junkyard in my area, not even ACDelco or classic industries can find this part other than in GMs part catalog it shows that it's been discontinued, and thus, no part number or "superceded by" info. The relay circuit board has all the white insulation coating, so I can't read the numbers on the resistors and components inside. So I also don't know what the proper readings should be between A B C & D on a multimeter. If I could get a replacement relay and a plug for said relay, I can definitely rewire the plug and then it'll work, but I don't know which relay can successfully replace the OE relay.
If anyone knows where I can get an old one with its plug, or if they know which relay can replace it, it's be greatly appreciated. I've always got my phone on me so I'll be quick to reply.
TIA, Dan.
My fuel system has been working great ever since I had everything but the tanks replaced in it. But the plug on that relay was old brittle plastic and upon doing some other work under the hood (kickdown cable replacement) the plug completely crumbled apart. This caused the wires to short to each other and blow the 20a fuze for the ACC slot, and I'm fairly certain the relay might be bad too. I opened it up and found some charcoal looking gunk connecting the solder on the contacts. (I'll upload pictures of it tomorrow). Either way, no dealership, no junkyard in my area, not even ACDelco or classic industries can find this part other than in GMs part catalog it shows that it's been discontinued, and thus, no part number or "superceded by" info. The relay circuit board has all the white insulation coating, so I can't read the numbers on the resistors and components inside. So I also don't know what the proper readings should be between A B C & D on a multimeter. If I could get a replacement relay and a plug for said relay, I can definitely rewire the plug and then it'll work, but I don't know which relay can successfully replace the OE relay.
If anyone knows where I can get an old one with its plug, or if they know which relay can replace it, it's be greatly appreciated. I've always got my phone on me so I'll be quick to reply.
TIA, Dan.