Battery installed backwards, engine cranks but does not start, where are the fuel pump relays located?

1998 MITSUBISHI MONTERO
175,000 MILES • 3.0L • V6 • 4WD • AUTOMATIC
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MICHAELMARTIN
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Customer put battery in backwards car, starter turns but engine will not start.
Oct 29, 2022 at 7:54 PM
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JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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Hi,

Have you checked and confirmed all of the fusible links in the under-hood relay box are good? If you haven't, that is where I would start. Fusible link number 2 is for the engine control systems, so that is the first one I would check. See pics below.

Let me know what you find.

Joe

See pics below.

Oct 30, 2022 at 8:55 PM
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