Aeromotive In Tank 340 lph Phantom Electric Fuel Pump Kit P/N 18688

My car started hesitating at full throttle and soon after, it just died completely. The problem turned out to be the fuel pump not running. Stuff happens and I wasn't concerned until I dropped the tank and found the positive terminal completely loose. This is a connection that's inside the fuel tank. The connection had gotten hot enough (connection, not the wire itself) to melt the solder, then appears to have arced enough to burn side-ways through the lug it was soldered into. Tech support blames overcurrent, but proper fuses were used. The real evidence that this is a quality problem came when I unsoldered the negative terminal and found the wire had not been tinned. The joint itself was a "cold joint" which happens when solder can't wick into the wire. This creates resistance and in turn, heat. This is a unique product and a perfect fit for my car, but anyone purchasing this needs to resolder these connections.

The pump had both the positive and negative electrical connections inside the tank soldered improperly causing one of them to melt put the solder, then slowly burn through the side of the cylindrical lug it was connected to. All this happened inside the tank.