So last week Thursday I was driving to work and all of a sudden had a serious loss of HP. All gears accelerated like my 4th gear used to. Shortly after I replaced the distributor cap and rotor, oil change with filter and an exhaust gasket since I noticed after the power loss that there was more of an exhaust leak but now coming from the engine bay instead of the mid pipe to tail pipe connection where one of the flanges had rusted off and I had temporarily held together with some pipe clamps.
Anyway I'm not sure where to start. The fuel pump was replaced last summer from O'reilly's all though it was about 1/4" taller that the old one and is smashed against the gas tank floor. I also had the fuel pump relay sticking open after I shut the car off but that was replaced recently.
The car worked until Monday of this week, I drove it to work but when I went to go home I got about 50 feet in the parking lot before it died. Eventually it started up again but died and I left it there. The next day after work I tried it again and it started but died within 30 seconds.
I don't have a lot of auto tools since most of my tools were stolen a couple years ago and I haven't replaced them. Hopefully you guys can tell me where to start. I was planning on getting the cheap code reader from Autozone for Ford OBD1's although there is no check engine light. I was also going to get a fuel pressure gauge. I haven't had much time yet to research possible solutions but from what little I have read it might be a crank shaft or cam shaft sensor or the ignition control module.
There are some other issues with the car like the radiator fan not coming on till 1 mark below the redline which kills my thermostat and I need to replace the A/C clutch I think but those shouldn't effect the car starting and running. Anyway I would really appreciate the help, I'm really busy with work building a new Veterans hospital and school for my apprenticeship and soon to take my license exam to become a licensed electrician, thanks guys!
Anyway I'm not sure where to start. The fuel pump was replaced last summer from O'reilly's all though it was about 1/4" taller that the old one and is smashed against the gas tank floor. I also had the fuel pump relay sticking open after I shut the car off but that was replaced recently.
The car worked until Monday of this week, I drove it to work but when I went to go home I got about 50 feet in the parking lot before it died. Eventually it started up again but died and I left it there. The next day after work I tried it again and it started but died within 30 seconds.
I don't have a lot of auto tools since most of my tools were stolen a couple years ago and I haven't replaced them. Hopefully you guys can tell me where to start. I was planning on getting the cheap code reader from Autozone for Ford OBD1's although there is no check engine light. I was also going to get a fuel pressure gauge. I haven't had much time yet to research possible solutions but from what little I have read it might be a crank shaft or cam shaft sensor or the ignition control module.
There are some other issues with the car like the radiator fan not coming on till 1 mark below the redline which kills my thermostat and I need to replace the A/C clutch I think but those shouldn't effect the car starting and running. Anyway I would really appreciate the help, I'm really busy with work building a new Veterans hospital and school for my apprenticeship and soon to take my license exam to become a licensed electrician, thanks guys!