I am having trouble getting my rig to start. 1991 3FE 190,000 miles on body and 120,000 on motor.
My family and I were running some easy trails near our house, when we stopped to look at a moose and the engine shut off while we were sitting in park idling. I let it sit for a minute before I tried to restart it (I have had no problems like this before), so after I let it sit while my kids watched the moose I turned the key and it fired right up. About 20 min down the trail (we were 1.5 hours into the trail) we ran into a 25' section of 8" deep mud that we drove through (mud everywhere, but not stuck) and went on our way home with no issues.
When I got home I parked the 91' in the driveway to spray it down and get the mud off the body, knuckles, and undercarriage. When I went to start it 30 min later it would turn over, but not start, it was late so I pushed it into the garage and figured I would deal with it the next day.
Didn't get to it the next day, but a couple days later got to look at it. I figured that somehow water must have gotten into the distributor cap and was stealing spark, but it ended up being dry inside. It did have all what appeared to be the original rotor, wires and plugs, so I figured I would just replace those. So I put in a new rotor, cap, plugs and wires. Still it would not start, so I sprayed starter fluid in the air box and it acted like it wanted to start, so I knew that I had spark.
My next thought was that I am not getting fuel to the motor. I had replaced the fuel filter last summer, so I figured that was good so I went ahead and replaced my fuel pump, figuring it was likely original and ready for a change out anyway. I also changed out the Fuel pump and Main EFI relay under the hood. So after I had it all put back together I tried to start it and it would still not start.
So the other day at work during some down time I hopped on IH8Mud and did some searching and found a thread or two on no CEL=No Start. I did go through @jonheld's diagnostic procedure talking about no CEL, but am not sure what he means by b+ and am not sure where to look next...
Here is what I have done since this started:
1) New rotator
2) New distributor cap
3) New spark plug wires
4) New spark plugs
I know I now have spark
5) New fuel pump
6) New fusible link and main battery ground.
7) I verified that I have +12v at the fuse/relay box in engine compartment.
8) New EFI main relay (engine compartment box).
9)Bueller Bueller?
My family and I were running some easy trails near our house, when we stopped to look at a moose and the engine shut off while we were sitting in park idling. I let it sit for a minute before I tried to restart it (I have had no problems like this before), so after I let it sit while my kids watched the moose I turned the key and it fired right up. About 20 min down the trail (we were 1.5 hours into the trail) we ran into a 25' section of 8" deep mud that we drove through (mud everywhere, but not stuck) and went on our way home with no issues.
When I got home I parked the 91' in the driveway to spray it down and get the mud off the body, knuckles, and undercarriage. When I went to start it 30 min later it would turn over, but not start, it was late so I pushed it into the garage and figured I would deal with it the next day.
Didn't get to it the next day, but a couple days later got to look at it. I figured that somehow water must have gotten into the distributor cap and was stealing spark, but it ended up being dry inside. It did have all what appeared to be the original rotor, wires and plugs, so I figured I would just replace those. So I put in a new rotor, cap, plugs and wires. Still it would not start, so I sprayed starter fluid in the air box and it acted like it wanted to start, so I knew that I had spark.
My next thought was that I am not getting fuel to the motor. I had replaced the fuel filter last summer, so I figured that was good so I went ahead and replaced my fuel pump, figuring it was likely original and ready for a change out anyway. I also changed out the Fuel pump and Main EFI relay under the hood. So after I had it all put back together I tried to start it and it would still not start.
So the other day at work during some down time I hopped on IH8Mud and did some searching and found a thread or two on no CEL=No Start. I did go through @jonheld's diagnostic procedure talking about no CEL, but am not sure what he means by b+ and am not sure where to look next...
Here is what I have done since this started:
1) New rotator
2) New distributor cap
3) New spark plug wires
4) New spark plugs
I know I now have spark
5) New fuel pump
6) New fusible link and main battery ground.
7) I verified that I have +12v at the fuse/relay box in engine compartment.
8) New EFI main relay (engine compartment box).
9)Bueller Bueller?