TexTheTruck

I jumped into my truck two nights ago and it wouldn't start. I had JUST driven it an hour earlier so I was a bit puzzled. It was crank and crank but wouldn't fire. I decided to check the relays and fuses and came across a halfway melted fuse under the hood. It was the fuse for the fuel pump. So I replaced the fuse and low and behold it fired right up.

I emailed my mechanic a picture of the fuse and explained the situation. He told me to drop it off for him to take a look at. It turns out that he just had someone in last week with with exact same situation. To make a long story short the last guy ended having to get Ford to replace the entire fuse box for about $1,500.

I've NEVER heard of this happening before so I thought I'd check with you all. Any similar experiences?

TexTheTruck

...so I guess I'm a pioneer with this issue.

ji603

You are not a pioneer

There's a tsb for that issue. Fuse 27 sjb relocation kit. The part is like 15 bucks from the dealer. .5 hr labor. Instructions are in the kit

Eta - few posts on this. Here's one

https://www.f150forum.com/f12/fuel-p...-blown-322278/

TexTheTruck

Holy crap! I searched the forum and found 304 pages of results and gave up after about 15.

Thanks for the info!

soaringfalcon

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redneck wrencher

I just installed the Fuel Pump Relay Power Fuse relocation kit yesterday as a precautionary measure. Pretty straight forward procedure with decent instructions. I would advise that put a thick rag over the mounting brackets to avoid scratches to the lid when you flip it over to access the wiring. I say this in hindsight.

TexTheTruck

Did you buy it from the dealership? What was the cost?

redneck wrencher

Got mine from Ebay. The seller was the parts department of a Ford dealership. Average cost is ~ $15-$20 shipped.