iamtall77
20+ Year Contributor
- 185
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- Oct 9, 2002
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Las Vegas,
Nevada
I bought this 89 Colt GT from a reliable source a little over a month ago. I've spent numerous days just gather little parts I was missing. Now it's all together and it refuses to start. The engine will not turn over while the fuel pump is running, unless I crank it over and then plug in the fuel pump fuse. It still doesn't start. It is wired with a Walboro 255lph.
The MPI relay seems to be clicking every time. I went ahead and hooked up the SAFC (it was setup for one already) in case some wires were messed up. I did find one ground to the ECU that wasn't hooked up. Still won't start.
Put some fuel in the tank just to make sure there was plenty in there. Still won't start. Definitely have fuel and air. Compression looks good and the plugs smell like fuel. Going to have a friend come over and make sure there's spark. The SAFC won't read RPM while cranking over and neither will the tach. Not sure if it's supposed to. The CAS that was in the car had some bad wires, so I swapped in another one and still doesn't give me anything. I also checked to make sure it wasn't out 180.
I'm not sure where else to look. I've hooked up my Palm and MMCD, but it doesn't give me anything I can use. Is there anything other than CEL codes that will give me any idea what's up? I'm at a loss. I'll see if my friend comes up with anything. I really need this running and in road worthy shape by October 28th so I can drive to SEMA.
The MPI relay seems to be clicking every time. I went ahead and hooked up the SAFC (it was setup for one already) in case some wires were messed up. I did find one ground to the ECU that wasn't hooked up. Still won't start.
Put some fuel in the tank just to make sure there was plenty in there. Still won't start. Definitely have fuel and air. Compression looks good and the plugs smell like fuel. Going to have a friend come over and make sure there's spark. The SAFC won't read RPM while cranking over and neither will the tach. Not sure if it's supposed to. The CAS that was in the car had some bad wires, so I swapped in another one and still doesn't give me anything. I also checked to make sure it wasn't out 180.
I'm not sure where else to look. I've hooked up my Palm and MMCD, but it doesn't give me anything I can use. Is there anything other than CEL codes that will give me any idea what's up? I'm at a loss. I'll see if my friend comes up with anything. I really need this running and in road worthy shape by October 28th so I can drive to SEMA.