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I need help with the quickness

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fast94mustangGT

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Alright i pulled my motor to change to oil pan gasket, RMS, and some other stuff, today i got everything back together and it wont start. It will fire then die out, checked fuel pressure and spark both fine. also checked the firing order thats right to. but i did notice that i had the two plugs that go to the throttle body unpluged the first couple times i tried to start it. could that be the problem?? do i need to disconnect the battery to let the computer "re-learn" with those two plug connected?. Oh also when i was pulling the motor i ripped the end off the chassis ground that goes to the motor mount, but i replaced it with a 4G ground wire. any help would really be apprecatied
 

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did u try to start it with the tps and iac plugged in?
 

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yes still no good but do i need to disconnect the battery,then hook it back up sense i plugged those two in after i put in the battery. or would that not make any difference?
 

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i dont think it should make a difference but not having them plugged in will cause a f-cked up start like u described. but your saying with them plugged in now it still wont start or does it start and then die out?
 

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one more thing when i was tighting the terminal to postive post on the battery the wrench hit the metal part on the a/c line and made a couple little sparks, could that of f***ed anything up?
 

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did u check the fuses?
 

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with them plugged in it still wont start. it will fire then nothing
 
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How about the dist out 180*??
 

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BIG NICK 1 said:
How about the dist out 180*??
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Once I heard that it fires and dies, this was my first thought as well.

Good luck.
 

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but i didnt remove the dist. and the cap can only go on one way cant it?
 
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Bring the #1 cylinder to TDC then check the rotor in the dizzy to see if it's pointing dead at the #1 post on the dizzy. Or check with your timing light if you have.
 

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how do i know the #1 cylinder is at TDC, is there a mark on the harmonic balancer?
 
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Pull the plug out and and stick you pinky finger or screw driver to see if its at TDC. If you have a timing light hook it up and (if you have the stock cam) look for 10*.
 

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Remove the plug from the No. 1 cylinder (1st one on passenger side). Now turn the crank until the No. 1 piston is at TDC on the compression stroke. Here's how to do it by oneself. Place a piece of paper towel in the spark plug hole (not all the way in though). Now turn the crank by hand (you may need a breaker bar) until the paper towel pops out - then you are at TDC on the compression stroke. If you want you can stick a screwdriver, finger etc. in the spark plug hole and you should feel the pistion at the top of the stroke. Now you can check your timing marks etc.

Or if you have a helper have them turn the crank and you put your finger or thumb over the hole when the pistion is coming up on the compression stroke you will feel pressure trying to pust your finger out/off of the hole. You can then check with a screwdriver or something to check to see if the piston is at the top of the stroke.

Good luck
 

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thanks for the help guys, im getting ready to go to my cousins to try to figure out why it dosent run. its been setting for 4 weeks, gas dosent go bad that fast does it?
 

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alright today i got the #1 cylinder to TDC and popped off my dist. cap. well i had put the #1 plug wire in the wrong place so that threw off the rest of the firing order..... which made me feel like an idoit, but oh well my clutch feels good and theres no more oil leaks. so im happy. thanks for the help guys.
 
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