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"You Get What You Pay For!"
"Could Things Get Any Worse?"
"What's The Worst That Could Happen?"
Greetings All!!!
I'm kinda new 'round here, and I'd like to ask a question. Perhaps someone can help me understand Why My Injectors Won't Fire?
But first let me share the story of how I came to own this car...
I was working nite shift a few years ago at a local paper mill.
I got off at 7am and started my 45 minute commute
home through rush hour traffic. Stuck in gridlock, I was reading
through the local Tell N' Sell want ads and came across an ad for...
"Mustang For Sale"
300.00 has OF wheels
xxx-xxx-xxxx
I said to myself "Ohhh! I know exactly what a 300.00 mustang
looks likecrapola, but what the heck are 'OF' WHEELS???"
I called got directions and wound up at the house of a divorcee that
was moving back to Chicago to manage mobile home construction
since the market had exploded (about the time of KATRINA and a number
of tornados in the Mid-West). The car was a 300.00 car alright. It had been
parked under a large cedar tree and had seen untold years of rain under it's
shade. It was covered with dirty tarp, cedar needles, a smattering of mold on the
paint, infested with wasps, a 2'x2' hole in the top, and had a flat tire no battery!
attempted to start the car with the battery I had and couldn't. After hagglin' for a
bit I got the car for 150.00! After I got back with the cash, She started tellin me
her "Ex-husband was a ASE certified master mechanic, and he had done
some work back in the late 70's/early 80's on supercharger work for the automotive industry."
Daniel Basa??? Nevuh Hoida Him!
Well I figured I could git er dun and wind-up with a pretty decent '90 fox vert.
Boy was I wrong!!!
Over the course of the last few years, I have changed these items in an attempt
to reach stage zero...(while chasing a "running" condition!)
fuel pump (60 psi at the rail)
four new injectors
fuel pump relay
fuel filter
fuel pressure reg.
distributor
cap and button
TFI Module
wires
plugs
timing belt
map sensor
ecu
A neighbor spoke of a problem with his ignition switch. I looked into that
hoping to find that "EUREKA" moment but it came up nutz!
My last diagnosis showed that the injectors were not receiving a signal from the ECU to fire.
Having already "shotguned" a number of parts I need to get a second opinion.
Are there fusible links that would power down the computer?
Where can I find them?
What color would the wires be?
I'm not sayin this guy really did put the whammy on this fox... but I have put 'bout a grand into a car that still doesn't even run yet!!!
arrrgh!!!
Come on live Dammit!
LIVE!!!
"Could Things Get Any Worse?"
"What's The Worst That Could Happen?"
Greetings All!!!
I'm kinda new 'round here, and I'd like to ask a question. Perhaps someone can help me understand Why My Injectors Won't Fire?
But first let me share the story of how I came to own this car...
I was working nite shift a few years ago at a local paper mill.
I got off at 7am and started my 45 minute commute
home through rush hour traffic. Stuck in gridlock, I was reading
through the local Tell N' Sell want ads and came across an ad for...
"Mustang For Sale"
300.00 has OF wheels
xxx-xxx-xxxx
I said to myself "Ohhh! I know exactly what a 300.00 mustang
looks likecrapola, but what the heck are 'OF' WHEELS???"
I called got directions and wound up at the house of a divorcee that
was moving back to Chicago to manage mobile home construction
since the market had exploded (about the time of KATRINA and a number
of tornados in the Mid-West). The car was a 300.00 car alright. It had been
parked under a large cedar tree and had seen untold years of rain under it's
shade. It was covered with dirty tarp, cedar needles, a smattering of mold on the
paint, infested with wasps, a 2'x2' hole in the top, and had a flat tire no battery!
attempted to start the car with the battery I had and couldn't. After hagglin' for a
bit I got the car for 150.00! After I got back with the cash, She started tellin me
her "Ex-husband was a ASE certified master mechanic, and he had done
some work back in the late 70's/early 80's on supercharger work for the automotive industry."
Daniel Basa??? Nevuh Hoida Him!
Well I figured I could git er dun and wind-up with a pretty decent '90 fox vert.
Boy was I wrong!!!
Over the course of the last few years, I have changed these items in an attempt
to reach stage zero...(while chasing a "running" condition!)
fuel pump (60 psi at the rail)
four new injectors
fuel pump relay
fuel filter
fuel pressure reg.
distributor
cap and button
TFI Module
wires
plugs
timing belt
map sensor
ecu
A neighbor spoke of a problem with his ignition switch. I looked into that
hoping to find that "EUREKA" moment but it came up nutz!
My last diagnosis showed that the injectors were not receiving a signal from the ECU to fire.
Having already "shotguned" a number of parts I need to get a second opinion.
Are there fusible links that would power down the computer?
Where can I find them?
What color would the wires be?
I'm not sayin this guy really did put the whammy on this fox... but I have put 'bout a grand into a car that still doesn't even run yet!!!
arrrgh!!!
Come on live Dammit!
LIVE!!!