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Help!!! Starting problem.

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JayDPee

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Okay, here's the deal. I bought a 96 Cobra last week. Has under 40,000 miles, runs great, but a couple of owner "mods" that suck. Guy tried to put in a manual fan and ran hot to neutral. He fixed it, but the fan connection is melted. He wired it with a wall switch. Over the weekend the fan failed to come on and the car overheated. Fixed all that. I've run the fan off pin #46 now, flushed the system, did all the maintenance, everything looks good.

The problem now. Now the car won't start. When I turn to the RUN position I get power to everything, everything looks good, then I turn the key and all the power goes out and nothing happens. The guy put in a crappy kill switch, which might be the problem. Not sure yet. I've checked the grounds and the battery and they look good.

Now the help part. He "lost" the fuse cover, so now I don't know which fuses or relays do what, and because of the overheat the panel got wet. Anyone able to help with a picture of the fuse layout? I noticed the row of 3 relays is missing the one closest to the engine.

Thanks.
 

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owners guide will work, same with a chilton/haynes manual. sorry can't scan either for you.
 
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I have Haynes and it doesn't have the fuse panel layout. I don't have the owners manual either.

I've checked battery voltage, 12.5V, no drain once I turn it over, stays above 12V. The Starter relay clicks and the starter solenoid clicks. I've run a jumper cable to ground from the negative terminal, that didn't work. I guess the last thing would be the starter itself.

Any thoughts?
 

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damn it dosent, the chilton does i know.
 

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check the kill switch in the trunk
 

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Ford Website

IF you log into the Ford website, you should be able to enter your VIN and download a owners manual.
 

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Jsun3701 said:
IF you log into the Ford website, you should be able to enter your VIN and download a owners manual.
Click to expand...

OR....

Just go here..

http://www.motorcraftservice.com/vdirs/retail/default.asp

Click on OWNER INFORMATION
 

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http://www.motorcraftservice.com/vd...bs_serv_all_new&TYPE=OWNERGUIDE&menuIndex1=22
 
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