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Burnside
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- Sparland IL.
- Vehicle Year
- 1989
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- Ford
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So its been almost 6 months since I started the swap, bought a house somewhere in there so that has kept me occupied but I finally got back out there poking around at it and I finally head it fire up.
If anyone remembers I had the problem of no spark and I don't know why. I was out there having my buddy crank while I checked for spark, nothing as usual but this time I got shocked when he let off the start position. Now I check again and sure as shit when he lets off the start position I saw a single spark.
It did this when I had the 2.9 in it, it was so that I had to get it cranking then let off real quick and it'd fire, didn't have spark while starter was engaged but would when I'd let go but it'd fire up like that and since its a wheeling rig I thought nothing more.
I stuffed a jumper wire into the coil pack conenctor to B+ and it fired right up and ran.
So that narrows it down to the chasis side of things. I had this problem before I did the engine swap.
The wiring diagrams in the haynes manual are worthless so I was wondering if someone had a pin out of the big ass connector at the fire wall. Ideally I can just rig it up nascar style and have a toggle switch for ignition on/off.
Anyone ever have this problem, should I just replace the ignition switch instead.
She breathes.
If anyone remembers I had the problem of no spark and I don't know why. I was out there having my buddy crank while I checked for spark, nothing as usual but this time I got shocked when he let off the start position. Now I check again and sure as shit when he lets off the start position I saw a single spark.
It did this when I had the 2.9 in it, it was so that I had to get it cranking then let off real quick and it'd fire, didn't have spark while starter was engaged but would when I'd let go but it'd fire up like that and since its a wheeling rig I thought nothing more.
I stuffed a jumper wire into the coil pack conenctor to B+ and it fired right up and ran.
So that narrows it down to the chasis side of things. I had this problem before I did the engine swap.
The wiring diagrams in the haynes manual are worthless so I was wondering if someone had a pin out of the big ass connector at the fire wall. Ideally I can just rig it up nascar style and have a toggle switch for ignition on/off.
Anyone ever have this problem, should I just replace the ignition switch instead.
She breathes.
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