grouch
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I have an older pickup that I bought to help a guy out. It was winter and his power was about to be cut off. So, I'm now the proud owner (NOT!) of a 1990 Ford F-150 with a later engine. It had a lot of issues but I've fixed all the mechanical stuff it needed and then some.
I can NOT get the silly thing to fire. It's holding proper fuel pressure. New plugs and plug wires. New injectors. Nobody can test the computer so even that has been replaced. It will not hit a lick on either starting fluid or brake cleaner. I get a timing light signal when cranking. I don't have a noid light but a test light on an injector does flash. I asked an auto electric place what they thought might be the issue. Something is keeping the code reader from reading anything and the CEL (check engine light) doesn't light up.
It was running. It just kept getting worse and worse and now won't run at all. Any ideas are welcome. It did have a partially plugged exhaust so the exhaust stops where the converter used to be.
I can NOT get the silly thing to fire. It's holding proper fuel pressure. New plugs and plug wires. New injectors. Nobody can test the computer so even that has been replaced. It will not hit a lick on either starting fluid or brake cleaner. I get a timing light signal when cranking. I don't have a noid light but a test light on an injector does flash. I asked an auto electric place what they thought might be the issue. Something is keeping the code reader from reading anything and the CEL (check engine light) doesn't light up.
It was running. It just kept getting worse and worse and now won't run at all. Any ideas are welcome. It did have a partially plugged exhaust so the exhaust stops where the converter used to be.