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« on: June 24, 2006, 10:06:11 PM » |
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Not surprising, the GT decided to give me grief as usual. This project has taken eons because we checked, rechecked, and checked again just to make sure everything was done correctly, all connections were plugged in, etc etc etc. The car was VERY hard to start. It probably took a good 30 attempts. It acts like it's a timing issue (as stated, the car doesn't wanna start, and when it does, it sort of shakes, runs rough, and even backfired through the airbox several times). Having said that, I feel the issue lies within the fuel delivery. I say this, because the damn fuel pump keeps "cycling" (you know, the noise it makes when you first turn the key on). It did this 5 times in around 15 seconds. The pump is a Walbro 255 LPH, and although it's 4 years old, it has less than 500 miles on it (don't ask). The car has spark, I'm 100% sure on that. This is just too weird. I had it in my mkind that we'd start the car, and that would pretty much be it. Now I'm all pissed off, and I wanna hurt the car. Suggestions?  |
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Dan
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« Reply #1 on: June 24, 2006, 11:16:11 PM » |
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Take it to the local Ford dealer and say "fix it." Come back when they "fix it."
That car is nothing but trouble, best of luck to ya!
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« Reply #2 on: June 24, 2006, 11:30:55 PM » |
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The car is the devil, Dan. You know that.  Seriously, I'd never rely on a Ford (or any other) dealer to unf*** that car. I'd burn it to the ground before even considering letting someone else touch it. Maybe that's part of the problem.  |
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« Reply #3 on: June 24, 2006, 11:57:51 PM » |
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I had gremlins in my LX and nobody could figure out what it was. I took it to the dealer and it took them 1 1/2 months of d***ing around before they finally flew in some specialist to look at it because nobody in the dealer could figure it out either. It was the computer and part of the wiring harness where someone hacked my alarm system in very unprofessionally. I gave them one computer for a junkyard and it turned out it was water-damaged. Strike one. I bought a new one from Ford and my car fried it. Strike two. They threw in a third one and it finally worked.
The kid that now owns my car has not had one mechanical problem since the day he owned. That car just hated me.
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« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2006, 04:03:45 AM » |
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Recheck the distributor and the wires, as well as the injectors (if injected).
Bruno has something similar and the distributor was out (first time) and then had bad injectors.
Are all 8 cylinders firing?
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« Reply #5 on: June 25, 2006, 03:43:02 PM » |
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Do you have a noid light to check to see if all the injectors are firing?
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Don't race it if you're afraid to break it.
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« Reply #6 on: June 26, 2006, 02:02:09 PM » |
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I have a similar problem with my 67 with a 351w....I'll elaborate later though.
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« Reply #7 on: July 03, 2006, 10:19:30 PM » |
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All is well! Runs like a clock, and hopefully I'll have pics and vids soon.  |
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« Reply #8 on: July 03, 2006, 10:38:30 PM » |
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All is well! Runs like a clock, and hopefully I'll have pics and vids soon. You posted that without telling us what the problem was? For shame.  |
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« Reply #9 on: July 05, 2006, 04:59:04 AM » |
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That's what I'm sayin'..... I want details.  oh yea, and pics/video... |
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« Reply #10 on: July 05, 2006, 07:03:27 AM » |
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Pics and vids are nice, but WHAT WAS THE PROBLEM?  ?  |
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« Reply #11 on: July 10, 2006, 12:47:40 PM » |
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Come on...It couldnt be THAT bad...TELL US TELL US!!! |
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« Reply #12 on: July 16, 2006, 01:05:50 PM » |
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Fess up. There was no fuel in the tank right?
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« Reply #13 on: July 16, 2006, 06:09:26 PM » |
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Distributor was probably off
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« Reply #14 on: July 16, 2006, 06:10:42 PM » |
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I bet it was the coil wire!  |
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« Reply #15 on: July 16, 2006, 08:30:14 PM » |
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Michelle was working on it, Jerry was the one that got it running right. It took a man.
Now WTF was it?
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« Reply #16 on: July 16, 2006, 10:01:12 PM » |
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LMFAO, thanks Chris.........I can always count on you.  David nailed it. The distributor was f***ed in relation to where I had the wires on the cap. Runs like a champ now, although I STILL haven't uploaded vids. I'm slackin.  |
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« Reply #17 on: July 17, 2006, 09:48:18 AM » |
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'bout time Michelle TY  Now I can sleep at night. |
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« Reply #18 on: July 18, 2006, 02:27:14 PM » |
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LMFAO, thanks Chris.........I can always count on you. David nailed it. The distributor was f***ed in relation to where I had the wires on the cap. Runs like a champ now, although I STILL haven't uploaded vids. I'm slackin. lol At least you knew it was a joke. |
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« Reply #19 on: July 25, 2006, 12:24:28 PM » |
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A little late to the party but I was going to suggest timing...backfiring through the intake = plug firing while intake valve is still open = misfire... Glad you got it going! I'm guilty of the 'gas in the tank' problem. |
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