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- Jun 10, 2003
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- Location
- Toledo, Ohio
- Vehicle Year
- 1987
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Type
- V8
- Engine Size
- 5.8l
- Transmission
- Manual
- 2WD / 4WD
- 2WD
After all the attention this truck got in the classified section, I promised i'd post an update with pics.
The day i brought it home:
First impressions? It's a nice little truck. Body is nice and clean, the wheel wells and fenders are solid. Paint is so-so, it looks good from a distance but has many, many nicks, scratches etc. It hadn't run in about 3 years according to the seller, and our initial attempts to start it didn't get us anywhere. The battery was dead, but we tried a booster box a few times before it quit working as well. During this unsuccessful attempt, I didn't hear the fuel pump kick on, but didn't have a good way to test any further. So we winched it onto the trailer, and headed for home.
Got it home and tossed in a battery, then grabbed my multimeter. Even with a fresh battery, it wouldn't turn over at all, just buzzed the solenoid. I determined that the starter was shorted to ground somewhere inside the housing, and since this truck still had the old style starter (big, heavy, power hungry) i headed to the junkyard for a new style starter, and the wiring to go with it.
With the new starter installed, it would turn over without issues, but my initial hunch was correct. The fuel pump wasn't running, the relay wasn't even coming on. So, i popped the relay out, sent 12v right to the fuel pump and i could hear it running in the tank. Crank it over again, and after some spitting and sputting, it started up. It has awaken from it's 3 year slumber. A little more poking and prodding with a multimeter, and i've determined that the ECU is not grounding the fuel pump relay to run the pump. I've temporarily grounded the relay external to the ECU, so the fuel pump runs whenever the key is on. Actual issue is still TBD.
The day i brought it home:
First impressions? It's a nice little truck. Body is nice and clean, the wheel wells and fenders are solid. Paint is so-so, it looks good from a distance but has many, many nicks, scratches etc. It hadn't run in about 3 years according to the seller, and our initial attempts to start it didn't get us anywhere. The battery was dead, but we tried a booster box a few times before it quit working as well. During this unsuccessful attempt, I didn't hear the fuel pump kick on, but didn't have a good way to test any further. So we winched it onto the trailer, and headed for home.
Got it home and tossed in a battery, then grabbed my multimeter. Even with a fresh battery, it wouldn't turn over at all, just buzzed the solenoid. I determined that the starter was shorted to ground somewhere inside the housing, and since this truck still had the old style starter (big, heavy, power hungry) i headed to the junkyard for a new style starter, and the wiring to go with it.
With the new starter installed, it would turn over without issues, but my initial hunch was correct. The fuel pump wasn't running, the relay wasn't even coming on. So, i popped the relay out, sent 12v right to the fuel pump and i could hear it running in the tank. Crank it over again, and after some spitting and sputting, it started up. It has awaken from it's 3 year slumber. A little more poking and prodding with a multimeter, and i've determined that the ECU is not grounding the fuel pump relay to run the pump. I've temporarily grounded the relay external to the ECU, so the fuel pump runs whenever the key is on. Actual issue is still TBD.
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