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Posted by East Bay 50 (Member # 8081) on :
 
a couple weeks ago while i was driving my car on the freeway it lost power and cut off. I pulled over to the side of the road and could not get it started. It turns over and the fuel pump is humming when I turn the ignition but it will not fire up. So far i have changed the coil, starter solenoid and the little thing attached to the distributor(forgot the proper name) and this piece of shit still won't start! It's a 91 mustang. if anyone has any suggestions let me know! thanks in advance! [patriot]
 
Posted by CALIFORNIAGT (Member # 7845) on :
 
make sure your coil has spark sound like u changed the tfi right?

[ September 11, 2009, 12:16 AM: Message edited by: CALIFORNIAGT ]
 
Posted by East Bay 50 (Member # 8081) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by CALIFORNIAGT:
make sure your coil has spark sound like u changed the tfi right?
yep. I changed damn near everything...
 
Posted by CALIFORNIAGT (Member # 7845) on :
 
did u check to make sure u had spark in your coil wire?
 
Posted by 91fox (Member # 7842) on :
 
so both the coil and the tfi ignition module has been swapped out, it could be the distributor pickup. if you got another distributor swap it out and see if it fires up.
 
Posted by jaejae (Member # 7958) on :
 
change the distributor
 
Posted by bottled95GT?? (Member # 1772) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by jaejae:
change the distributor
+1 mine did this a few years back, i trouble shot, took it to a shop, turned out to be the cap.

[ September 12, 2009, 01:21 AM: Message edited by: bottled95GT?? ]
 
Posted by jordan_0806 (Member # 5888) on :
 
damani, do you have an MSD box on the car? if you do, bypass it....

if you want to see if you need a new distributor, i have a good one at the house i could loan you....

[ September 12, 2009, 02:08 PM: Message edited by: jordan_0806 ]
 
Posted by 5.0NPRSUIT (Member # 7657) on :
 
Make sure you injectors are all pluged in...
 
Posted by ROK5.0 (Member # 8589) on :
 
I had the same symptoms on my car & it turned out I had a blown head gasket so u mite wanna do a compression chek jus my 2 cent
 




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