All I can really say is good luck. A clue to what it might be or if it can be deleted (and how to delete it) could be found by tracing the lines to their sources.
Can I delete this housing and how?
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Lonesome7.3
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I know where the lines go. The issue here is I can not get a definitive answer on whether or not I can delete this part all together. I've been all over Ford forums and Google and I have found a mixture of responses. My ride to the salvage yard this morning fell through when his son had to be taken to the ER. So I'm here trying to make this work with what I have to work with.
Where do the lines go to?
I'm guessing here but the lines may be (on one side) fuel from tank and fuel return to tank. Then the other side is fuel to engine and fuel return from engine. If this is the case then my guess to what the thing does is to regulate the pressure and fuel flow. Maybe it re-feeds engine return fuel back into the line that feeds the engine under certain conditions. If this is correct then is may be possible to delete the part and connect the appropriate lines together.
I'm guessing here but the lines may be (on one side) fuel from tank and fuel return to tank. Then the other side is fuel to engine and fuel return from engine. If this is the case then my guess to what the thing does is to regulate the pressure and fuel flow. Maybe it re-feeds engine return fuel back into the line that feeds the engine under certain conditions. If this is correct then is may be possible to delete the part and connect the appropriate lines together.
Lonesome7.3
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the blue lines are the main feed lines the other I think brown or the return lines. They go to a fuel pressure regulator which then of course goes the fuel rail. The Schrader valve has fuel coming out of it, but that could be residual.
Lonesome7.3
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Well, I thought the fuel pump might be bad because it did not do anything with the ignition on. I pulled it off and benched tested it. Then it squirted fuel all over me. I tested the connector and sure enough, no power. Either the relay is bad or the inertia switch. Funny how you fix one thing, and something else breaks at the same time.
Lonesome7.3
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Got it. That accumulator had nothing to do with it. The fuel intertia switch went bad on me. I bypassed it and the damn thing fired right up. I spent almost three days on this issue and I never checked the easy possibility first. To make it worse, I know better. I had issues with that switch on other early Rangers I had. I have no excuse.
Kennyray
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Glad you figured it out. 
Lonesome7.3
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it was either that or set fire to the truck.
Kennyray
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I forgot about the damn inertia switch. Not one of Fords better ideas.
Lonesome7.3
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I agree I hate that damn thing. When I return I want to bypass it permanently but neatly.
