'90 ranger 2.9l dead again

[Redranger90]

Fuel, air, spark... Missing one or one isn't getting there when it needs to be.

My gut reaction is a dead fusible link somewhere, broken ground, dead tfi, or distributor spun around.

Can you pull trouble codes?

How will i know if the fusible link is dead ?

 

[Redranger90]

Well its home now....drove home on its own power. Definitely electrical related,The pump relay only worked for the injectors so i bypassed the EEC to the pump by jumping the pump test port with a wire and she started up.
When i got home though i disconnected the jump wire and to my surprise the relay now works for the pump. So now i have to find out why its intermittent. A short is likely but where to start looking is the question.

 

[Uncle Gump]

There are some schematics in the How to Tech section that most likely cover your vehicle...

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Not so sure you're looking for a short as much as a poor connection that reconnected with the messing around you did. I would look at the engine controls schematics and retrace what you did to make it run... then go from there.

 

[rusty ol ranger]

Check the connector where the pump relay plugs in.