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Yep! That was the issue. I was thinking that the fuel pump would not even run if the relay was bad. New $11 relay and fuel pump back to normal. Thanks for the diagnosis Ronnie!

Well Ronnie my luck is a little better. As I thought I was going to just junk the '89 Red parts car I had stored at a friend's house I kept the leaking radiator I replaced last fall to put in that car just so it would look "complete". But now that Hal wants that car I will not swap it out. And as I have both the 2015 and 2019 receipts I can get two radiators as 1-800-Radiator has a "lifetime" warranty. So I will have an extra radiator for if I should develop another leak in any of the cars. And this is legitimate as the '89 Black did get the one in 2015 and then again in 2019. I just didn't put the new 2019 radiator in the '89 Black as I was getting rid of it. I instead put it in the '88 Black and the '88 Black into the '89 Black thinking as that was to be my new winter Reatta why wouldn't I want new parts in that one?

Just can't stay out of the '88 Black. Took it for a quick drive over to the local upholstery shop for a quote on a small rip in the suede portion of the thigh extension part. When I got back home I thought I would put a "Reatta" front license plate on. While I was doing that [with the car running] I saw some steam coming out from under the hood at the right front headlight pod. Popped the hood and sure enough my new radiator is leaking from the fin area. Less then 200 miles. So I looked for my receipt and zipped over to the local 1-800-radiator warehouse and they confirmed the purchase as a no charge replacement. The new one arrives tomorrow. So I start the swap right away in the morning and the replacement will be in about noon.

Well that's two ringing endorsements so I will get some as well. My old wax was just about used up. So it looks like we will have "ICE" here in Wisconsin in the summertime as well [I'll let myself out].