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88 tbird 5.0 inertia switch unplagged and relay out car is still running

so i bought this tbird from my dad there was no keys for it so i hot wired the car with a toggle and push button. the car was running great only 100000 miles on it. the other day went to leave and it wouldnt start. checked to see if i was getting spark and i was the fuel pump wasnt priming. So i checked the relay by putting it in my 91 mustang and it started right up. So i went out bought a new fuel pump and it fired right up. Now the proble it has now is when the inertia switch hooked up i have a gurgle noise coming from the gas tank. When i disconnect the switch the gurgle stops and the car keeps running. So i was confused with the car running with the switch un hooked. So i then pull the fuel pump relay and the car still keeps running. With every thing un pulgged or hooked up the car acts like its running out of gas can some one please help me..........

88 tbird 5.0 inertia switch unplagged and relay out car is still running

Reply #1 –
I am?
I spend money I don't have, To build  cars I don't need, To impress people I don't know

HAVE YOU DRIVEN A FORD LATELY!!

88 tbird 5.0 inertia switch unplagged and relay out car is still running

Reply #2 –
it is the stock wiring at the fuel pump circuit. So i was wrong when i remove the relay it does shut off. So when the car broke down i thought maybe the inertia switch went out so i bypassed it to see if that will fix the problem but it didnt so i hooked it back up. I have been driving the car with the toggle and push button for three months now without a problem until i now put the new fuel pump in. I got around the steering wheel by breaking the wheel loose, i know bad move but i had to get the car from where it was at in a short period of time. So with the interia switch hooked up the tank has a gurgle coming from it and the car misses and boggs out. with the switch unhooked the guggle is not there but the car still misses and acts lioke it is running out of gas.

88 tbird 5.0 inertia switch unplagged and relay out car is still running

Reply #3 –
It seems like the car is just fighting itself to stay running

88 tbird 5.0 inertia switch unplagged and relay out car is still running

Reply #4 –
Toggle and push button? I'm confused a bit. Could it be a really clogged up fuel filter?
Old Grey Cat to this.88 Cat, 5.0 HO, CW mounts, mass air, CI custom cam, afr165's, Tmoss worked cobra intake, BBK shorty's,off road h pipe, magnaflow ex. T-5,spec stage 2 clutch, 8.8 373 TC trac loc, che ajustables with bullits on the rear. 11" brakes up front. +
 

88 tbird 5.0 inertia switch unplagged and relay out car is still running

Reply #5 –
but would that make the gas tank gurgle