THREEOTWO04
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Hi Everyone. Thanks for looking at this thread. Im going to try and keep this as direct as possible but I need you to know the whole story.
Ever work so hard for something that no matter what happens along the way you never want to give up on it?
Some people think Im pretty stupid for putting so much time and money into something that really has no value. Except, the thing about it is, it has value to me. Thats the reason I've come here. Cause all of you obviously put a lot of time and money into these cars, you can understand where Im coming from. Anyway, im not here to put tears in your eyes, im here for some help.
I purchased this car when I was 17 yadda yadda yadda. First car. Loved it. Burned up the tires. Had fun, but wanted more. It was a stock 94 auto=DOG. Keep in mind, I was 17 and by no means rich. Cold air came first. Lowering springs, Auto to T5 from Amp performance. Longtubes, x pipe, flows followed. Liked it even more. Did all of it in my driveway, no garage and mostly on my back. It was great. So one night me and my buddy were coming home from some party in the mustang. Had the stereo on full blast. I was on one of the many major roads around here in jersey, pretty long stretch, no one else around. Then headlights in my rearveiw, all over my ass. Some riced out altima. Next thing you know were flying around pretty quickly. Nothing too daring, but fast. My exit comes up, I turn off and take my buddy home. Now, some people might argue, but flows are loud at 1:00 in the morning. So I slowly drove away after dropping my friend off. The exit was literally two blocks from his house. Dont know if that tells you guys anything but figured I'd include it, you?ll see why.
Turn around the corner and the car falls on its face. I mean, no power, rpm's bout 800 and eventually stuttering to a stop. Five blocks from my house. Guess who had to push the damn thing. This guy. Took me an hour. Yeah, called my buddy. No answer. Whatever. Got it home and started what I thought at the time was some good diagnosis. The car would start eventually, run funny, then die. Cleared codes for the o2 sensor, but never replaced them(longtubes). Tested voltage at the battery. Good. Tested voltage at the Alt. Good. Fuel pressure. Good. Cleaned the usual. MAF, IAC, etc. Got it to the point where it would run good. After I drove it around, parked it, it wouldn?t start again. 3 new batteries, 2 alts, fuel pump, msd coil and dizzy. Set the timing, cleaned everything again. Checked the grounds they were good, but I replaced them. Still gave me issues. And that?s were I was at. Also the voltage never looked the same on the dash. It always hung around the R and M in Normal. It started to sit between the O and R.
I then decided my knowledge from stangnet and corral (don?t think this forum was around yet, but now its my favorite?.bonus points?) wasn?t enough. Took it to Ford around the corner and they laughed at me. I mean they literally chuckled when I told them what was done to the car. They didn?t help. Took it to another one a little while away. Same thing. I had enough. Couldn?t keep dumping the clutch after being pushed to start my car anymore. It was ridiculous. Plus my pride was hurt. All my hard work was embarrassing me. Had to get another ride. Threw the towel in after about two months of trying.
Car sat ever since then. Bout 4 yrs. One day me and my best friend are sitting at the bar, getting shitty and talking about some radom stuff, when he says something about his lease is coming up and he is going to go over his mileage. He says he wants to buy a beater he found. Some crappy old buick or something. Friends don?t let friends drive old buicks, so I told him ?What about the mustang? We can get it running again, then you can drive that?? Good idea. So about a month ago we start working on it. Re-testing. The whole nine. We came to the conclusion that the wire from the alt to the battery was fried and the fusible links were shot. Wow. So simple right?
I had a grin from ear to ear when I drove it again. A smirk that you get when you don?t want to show everyone how happy you are. You know what I mean. I was siked. James just got his mustang back. Put some new headlights in and a nice set of saleens. Good stuff??Not really. Now we have a whole new set of problems. This is were this long ass post needs some answering. First thing. The radiator was leaking. Fixed that. New thermostat, rad, water pump. But?..after letting it run for awhile, something really weird happened. The rpm?s fell, car sputtered, fan kicked on and the check engine light blinked three times. 3 times. That?s it. No other lights, just the check engine light. Almost like it was running a self diag with the car running. Voltage went back down to that middle of the O and R. A couple minutes later the car is running fine.
Today my buddy drove the car to work. On his way he said he heard a ?pop? sound and the car fell flat. Then it ran fine again. Little while down the road did the same thing. ?pop? ran like crap then fine again. Did it three times. Gets to work and tries to lock the car with the remote and the locks didn?t lock. Goes to work, end of the day tries to start it and it wont start. WTF? By fell flat I mean the car sputtered and he said the RPMS went to about 1000 with him crusing at about 45 50. And that where im at now.
Check every possible relay/solenoid/wire? ECU? Wire harness? Were can I get every resistance reading for all that to check? Do I give up? Bottom line is, for all of you that have read through this post, I need some help. And it looks like you guys are the only ones that can do that. I need ideas guys. If there is anything you can think of to point me in the right direction, let me know. I?ve searched for issues like this but cant find anything on why the check engine light would blink like that with the car running. Anyway thanks for reading this. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks again,
James
Ever work so hard for something that no matter what happens along the way you never want to give up on it?
Some people think Im pretty stupid for putting so much time and money into something that really has no value. Except, the thing about it is, it has value to me. Thats the reason I've come here. Cause all of you obviously put a lot of time and money into these cars, you can understand where Im coming from. Anyway, im not here to put tears in your eyes, im here for some help.
I purchased this car when I was 17 yadda yadda yadda. First car. Loved it. Burned up the tires. Had fun, but wanted more. It was a stock 94 auto=DOG. Keep in mind, I was 17 and by no means rich. Cold air came first. Lowering springs, Auto to T5 from Amp performance. Longtubes, x pipe, flows followed. Liked it even more. Did all of it in my driveway, no garage and mostly on my back. It was great. So one night me and my buddy were coming home from some party in the mustang. Had the stereo on full blast. I was on one of the many major roads around here in jersey, pretty long stretch, no one else around. Then headlights in my rearveiw, all over my ass. Some riced out altima. Next thing you know were flying around pretty quickly. Nothing too daring, but fast. My exit comes up, I turn off and take my buddy home. Now, some people might argue, but flows are loud at 1:00 in the morning. So I slowly drove away after dropping my friend off. The exit was literally two blocks from his house. Dont know if that tells you guys anything but figured I'd include it, you?ll see why.
Turn around the corner and the car falls on its face. I mean, no power, rpm's bout 800 and eventually stuttering to a stop. Five blocks from my house. Guess who had to push the damn thing. This guy. Took me an hour. Yeah, called my buddy. No answer. Whatever. Got it home and started what I thought at the time was some good diagnosis. The car would start eventually, run funny, then die. Cleared codes for the o2 sensor, but never replaced them(longtubes). Tested voltage at the battery. Good. Tested voltage at the Alt. Good. Fuel pressure. Good. Cleaned the usual. MAF, IAC, etc. Got it to the point where it would run good. After I drove it around, parked it, it wouldn?t start again. 3 new batteries, 2 alts, fuel pump, msd coil and dizzy. Set the timing, cleaned everything again. Checked the grounds they were good, but I replaced them. Still gave me issues. And that?s were I was at. Also the voltage never looked the same on the dash. It always hung around the R and M in Normal. It started to sit between the O and R.
I then decided my knowledge from stangnet and corral (don?t think this forum was around yet, but now its my favorite?.bonus points?) wasn?t enough. Took it to Ford around the corner and they laughed at me. I mean they literally chuckled when I told them what was done to the car. They didn?t help. Took it to another one a little while away. Same thing. I had enough. Couldn?t keep dumping the clutch after being pushed to start my car anymore. It was ridiculous. Plus my pride was hurt. All my hard work was embarrassing me. Had to get another ride. Threw the towel in after about two months of trying.
Car sat ever since then. Bout 4 yrs. One day me and my best friend are sitting at the bar, getting shitty and talking about some radom stuff, when he says something about his lease is coming up and he is going to go over his mileage. He says he wants to buy a beater he found. Some crappy old buick or something. Friends don?t let friends drive old buicks, so I told him ?What about the mustang? We can get it running again, then you can drive that?? Good idea. So about a month ago we start working on it. Re-testing. The whole nine. We came to the conclusion that the wire from the alt to the battery was fried and the fusible links were shot. Wow. So simple right?
I had a grin from ear to ear when I drove it again. A smirk that you get when you don?t want to show everyone how happy you are. You know what I mean. I was siked. James just got his mustang back. Put some new headlights in and a nice set of saleens. Good stuff??Not really. Now we have a whole new set of problems. This is were this long ass post needs some answering. First thing. The radiator was leaking. Fixed that. New thermostat, rad, water pump. But?..after letting it run for awhile, something really weird happened. The rpm?s fell, car sputtered, fan kicked on and the check engine light blinked three times. 3 times. That?s it. No other lights, just the check engine light. Almost like it was running a self diag with the car running. Voltage went back down to that middle of the O and R. A couple minutes later the car is running fine.
Today my buddy drove the car to work. On his way he said he heard a ?pop? sound and the car fell flat. Then it ran fine again. Little while down the road did the same thing. ?pop? ran like crap then fine again. Did it three times. Gets to work and tries to lock the car with the remote and the locks didn?t lock. Goes to work, end of the day tries to start it and it wont start. WTF? By fell flat I mean the car sputtered and he said the RPMS went to about 1000 with him crusing at about 45 50. And that where im at now.
Check every possible relay/solenoid/wire? ECU? Wire harness? Were can I get every resistance reading for all that to check? Do I give up? Bottom line is, for all of you that have read through this post, I need some help. And it looks like you guys are the only ones that can do that. I need ideas guys. If there is anything you can think of to point me in the right direction, let me know. I?ve searched for issues like this but cant find anything on why the check engine light would blink like that with the car running. Anyway thanks for reading this. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks again,
James
