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Reply #15 – May 17, 2009, 02:31:07 PM

Quote from: TurboCoupe50;272816

I dunno what should be on the SPROUT, but sounds like you have battery voltage, likely not good....Do you have another vehicle you can compare it to??? If not, I can possibly run out to the garage and check my Bird(I have a bad cold and it's raining, so the wife would bitch)....

its the only ford fuel injected car i have anymore so nothing to compare it to

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Reply #16 – May 17, 2009, 02:40:49 PM

Ahhh wife's asleep, made it out to the garage and back undetected... :D

From the computer I measured .04v with the ign sw on(0v off)... Didn't try to start it as it would have awakened the XYL...

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Reply #17 – May 17, 2009, 02:43:08 PM

Quote from: TurboCoupe50;272818

Ahhh wife's asleep, made it out to the garage and back undetected... :D

From the computer I measured .04v with the ign sw on(0v off)... Didn't try to start it as it would have awakened the XYL...

Then i guess it safe to say the part of the computer that controls the timing advance is fried and sending battery voltage to the spout connection on the module? I didnt check the voltage on mine running either

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Reply #18 – May 17, 2009, 02:50:50 PM

Yup, unless the sprout wire is shorted to a 12v supply, your ECU is likely FUBAR... I would pull the computer and make sure the voltage disappears...

Well I learned something today...

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Reply #19 – May 17, 2009, 02:56:26 PM

Quote from: TurboCoupe50;272821

Yup, unless the sprout wire is shorted to a 12v supply, your ECU is likely FUBAR... I would pull the computer and make sure the voltage disappears...

Well I learned something today...

Me and you both ive never seen one do this before.

On a side note i may just set the timing about 32* and leave the spout out untill i can find a computer

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Reply #20 – May 17, 2009, 03:02:44 PM

It'll probably be hard to start when hot with that much timing... Maybe 25*...

When I ran the Bird at the strip with the advance locked at 32*, I had a starter button on it so I could spin the starter and then flip on the ignition...

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Reply #21 – May 17, 2009, 03:55:21 PM

Quote from: TurboCoupe50;272823

It'll probably be hard to start when hot with that much timing... Maybe 25*...

When I ran the Bird at the strip with the advance locked at 32*, I had a starter button on it so I could spin the starter and then flip on the ignition...

I just got back home i set it to 32* seems to start ok hot. Im tempted to sell this fuel injected stuff and go back carb on this thing.

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Reply #22 – May 17, 2009, 04:21:22 PM

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Ahhh wife's asleep, made it out to the garage and back undetected...

Thought I was the only person that did this :p

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Well I learned something today...

Seems your way to test it is a LOT more simple then the writeup I posted.

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Reply #23 – May 17, 2009, 06:27:19 PM

Quote from: SLEEPER T-BIRD 87;272828

Im tempted to sell this fuel injected stuff and go back carb on this thing.

No doubt one solution, but after having that torquie EFI setup I suspect you'd be sorry...

A buddy had a '83 Toyota P/U with carbed 302(stock but had a fresh set of E7 heads), wasn't anywhere as quick as I thought it would be... My bird that weighs 1000lb more, would run off and hide from it...

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Reply #24 – May 18, 2009, 06:20:11 PM

Quote from: TurboCoupe50;272845

No doubt one solution, but after having that torquie EFI setup I suspect you'd be sorry...

A buddy had a '83 Toyota P/U with carbed 302(stock but had a fresh set of E7 heads), wasn't anywhere as quick as I thought it would be... My bird that weighs 1000lb more, would run off and hide from it...

i ordered a computer today:D

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Reply #25 – May 20, 2009, 07:37:42 PM

put the new computer in runs great

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Reply #26 – May 20, 2009, 07:42:04 PM

Cool! Glad it worked out

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Reply #27 – May 24, 2009, 08:07:32 PM

and now back doing the same thing again....pretty sure its juts a bad parts store ecm

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Reply #28 – May 24, 2009, 08:47:27 PM

Is the ECM grounded properly??? This also includes grounding the shielding on the harness out to the TFI...

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Reply #29 – May 24, 2009, 09:44:08 PM

Quote from: TurboCoupe50;274157

Is the ECM grounded properly??? This also includes grounding the shielding on the harness out to the TFI...

yeah I cant stress the trouble i went through to make this as it would be "stock" meaning everything is hooked up and works as new.

Im guessing maybe the van that donated this computer to be "rebuilt" probly had the same issue we all know how great parts you get from the chain stores are now days.I scanned the codes after i installed the reman ecm and all it had was a o2 code.SO i got a new o2 today and put it in and calplowie