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- Vehicle Year
- 1994
- Make / Model
- Ford
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- Manual
I bought a 94 from a coworker. It had quit running and some idiot told him the engine was locked up. It sat for around 3 years. I bought it for $600. The only problems found were the starter solenoids were both bad. The fuel pump had also gone out from sitting. Besides that I changed the plugs and wires, fuel filter, fuel filler hose, and poured some seafoam in the tank. It fired up and ran like a champ. I drove it around the neighborhood a few times test driving it. It needs tires before its really roadworthy.
It started sputtering like it wasn't getting any gas. I went to back it into place and stalled it out(I haven't drove a stick shift in a few years). It wouldn't start back up. I was thinking it was a fuel problem. I tried starting fluid and it wouldn't start. I started checking wiring harnesses and plug wires to make sure everything was connected. Then it started. I let it run for a few minutes, shut it off, and it started back up. I turned it off again and it wouldn't start.
I pulled a wire to see if I was getting a spark. I asked my wife to start it. It fired right up for her. shut it off and replaced the spark plug. It fired up again. I was standing beside it and it died. No sputtering or anything. It just shut off.
where should I start with this? Any Ranger specific problems that I should look into first? Will the MAF cause it not to run at all? My experience with MAFs has just been rough running. Cars would still start.
It started sputtering like it wasn't getting any gas. I went to back it into place and stalled it out(I haven't drove a stick shift in a few years). It wouldn't start back up. I was thinking it was a fuel problem. I tried starting fluid and it wouldn't start. I started checking wiring harnesses and plug wires to make sure everything was connected. Then it started. I let it run for a few minutes, shut it off, and it started back up. I turned it off again and it wouldn't start.
I pulled a wire to see if I was getting a spark. I asked my wife to start it. It fired right up for her. shut it off and replaced the spark plug. It fired up again. I was standing beside it and it died. No sputtering or anything. It just shut off.
where should I start with this? Any Ranger specific problems that I should look into first? Will the MAF cause it not to run at all? My experience with MAFs has just been rough running. Cars would still start.
