88' w/351w swap not cranking


pintowagonbob

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1988
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Automatic
Performed this swap. I have wire diagrams for the donor(85' e150) and the ranger. Have power to fuse box. Power to coil. No power to distributor, all spark plugs are dead. Diagram for ranger shows a yellow wire with orange16 amp fusible link which is MIA. Any assistance will be greatly appreciated.
 
More info is needed. What kind of ignition are you using I will assume duraspark? Not cranking is an easy issue. Look for a pink with blue stripe wire. That will have 12v while cranking, it will go to the starter soleniod. That should put power to the starter as long as you have ground. I would check continuity between the engine and battery and engine and frame before you do anything. If you have that move to checking for power to the starter. As far as no power to the ignition. That will depend on what you are using. I'll have to look at my old wiring diagrams to see if I still have what you need.

Matt
 
Power to dizzy tells me it has a TFI ignition. How many wires are coming out of the dizzy. If there are three you need power to the red on the module the three wires to the dizzy are black ground and the other two are for the pickup coil. Pics would help?
 
I looked at your profile and yes you have the duraspark setup trace the wires from the dizzy to the module there should be two connectors one two wire and a four wire. on the two wire red needs key on hot and white just run a jumper wire from the start solenoid key on start. the 4 wire connector green goes to neg on the coil and the other three goes to the dizzy color to color or just make sure the ground is right the other two can be reversed. GL
 
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