Lol. I'm sorry. That was frustration talking.That's not nice
Start over, you missed something, 180* out of timing or something, that thing should run
I agree. Damn EEC-IV system.Sounds like you have the big three and it should start
Do a fuel quality test and make sure the gas is volatile as hell and will blow up a BBQ if used as lighter fluid
Did that checklist have a noid light test
I would perform that noid test on more than one injector
I would also manually fire a few injectors to verify the fuel pressure drops as I did so
Playing with my buddies MSD the other day on his 69 Camaro, I showed him how to rough time one
Set your motor to 10 BTDC on the crank, turn the key on and rotste the distributor back and forth making it spark a few times
Determine where you think the spark occurred and lock the distributor down right there
Maybe try that
We all have checklists, one of mine is a good visual inspection
Looks like yours has never ran before? it is so clean reddy351?
You get 2 spark testers on the car for the next try, one at a plug and one on the coil wire
No. No Code 11. The EGR stuff is not installed and the port on the manifold is blocked. I will never have a Code 11, unfortunately.Did you ever get a code [11] or [111]?
That’s completely untrue.Merkur XR4ti.... I had one for over 10 years as my beater car... Stock 4 cylinder 5 speed..
These are problem cars from new... They have to be constantly worked on, played with, and they still can give you fits...
Now I understand all of the problems you are having.......
It’s an A9L from an 89-93 Foxbody. The harness is an aftermarket one from Painless. It looks like it belongs there, doesn’t it?Nice shoehorn job
What processor is in the XR4TI
What wiring harness?
I don’t understand what you’re suggesting. The harness that I’m using is a brand new harness made for engine swapping the 5.0 Ford into any chassis. All I need to provide is 12v switched, 12v constant, 12v run and grounds. Those all exist for the harness, as it sits. There is nothing beyond that that is Ford of Europe.Well, if it doesn't work... Does it belong there?
Use the cobra harness or you need to turn to Spock for a mind meld
I am sure it can be done but how much time are you willing to spend on it?
Might be better to start with a Mustang harness
The Merkur is a German Ford and the schematics get fouled in translation
I did try that. Won’t start, even with starting fluid.Ok, back to your car. Have you tried using starter fluid? If you get it to fire with that, it would help focus on the problem.
I’ve built a few of these in the past and this problem has got me wondering if I set the cam in the right spot when I put the timing chain on. I’m also wondering about the firing order and that maybe someone swapped this to a non-HO cam at some point. (It sure acts like it.)Looking for codes will do little but confuse the issue(s), if you have spark, the injectors are injecting and the engine pumps air it will at least try to start, I would suggest, no matter how frustrating it my be, start over with the timing, take a stick, small screw driver and feel through the spark plug hole, find TDC on the compression stroke, check pointer is pointing, you know all this, I had to do this a few times once to get it right, just dyslexic that day or somethingusually it's just a drop in and go thing, all pre-marked.
If things are not happening at the right time (or close at least) it won't run and if this is a new engine you'll wash the cylinders and rings won't set.
JMO and not based on any actual mechanical training, well, only the 'Schol of Hard Nocks'
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