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Old Aug 26, 2011 | 10:25 PM
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I just changed the bars and rewired the rear lighting (among other things) on my bike and I'm about to reinstall the gas tank (w/o securing it yet) and reconnect everything so I can do a mock up and make sure the electrical system works the way it's supposed to before I bolt the tank down, but it doesn't have any fuel in it yet and I thought I read that turning your ignition switch on and running the fuel pump without any fuel in it will kill the pump. Any truth to this?
 
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Aaah never mind. I'll just pull the fuel pump fuse. Shoulda thought of that before.
 
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