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 May 14 2004, 04:58 PM
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 DSMCentral Freak  Group: Members Posts: 334 Joined: 29-September 02 Member No.: 21  |
OK. So I got the car all back together and It wont start. I'm pretty sure that I have the timing belt put back on as I followed the haynes manual and all of the timing marks matched up. I rotated the crank like it said 6 full turns and they still matched up perfectly. I checked over everything and all of the vaccuume lines and electrical plugs are back in. I was super careful to lable everything and put it back where it came off of. I tripple checked the spark plug wires. Now I go to start the car and It turns over but nothing. I took the CAS off and made sure that it was inserted into the cam properly tried again and nothing. Now the battery is dead and im letting it charge again. Will the car not start if the CAS is off enough? Any suggestions on where to place it to begin the timing process? Thanks in advance!
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2008 Harley Nightster 1990 Mustang LX 5.0 notch |
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May 14 2004, 05:23 PM
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DSMCentral Freak Group: Members Posts: 334 Joined: 29-September 02 Member No.: 21 |
I checked everything (as far as the electrical plugs go) its all plugged back in properly.
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2008 Harley Nightster 1990 Mustang LX 5.0 notch |
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May 15 2004, 10:16 AM
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DSMCentral Freak Group: Members Posts: 334 Joined: 29-September 02 Member No.: 21 |
Yep, I'm getting Gas. I didnt read the Haynes Manual on how to reinstall the injectors\Fuel rail, but im assuming its pretty straight forward and I'm sure I put everything back on how I took it off.
I'm thinking I may have a bad pully tensioner. You should not be able to remove tension by hand without using some sort of leverage (screwdriver etc.) on the tensioner arm, correct? If I pull on the belt the tensioner pully is fairly easy to move. Not enough to pull the belt off, but it seems to me that you shouldnt be able to do this? -------------------- 2003 Mustang GT
2008 Harley Nightster 1990 Mustang LX 5.0 notch |
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May 15 2004, 10:50 AM
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DSMCentral Freak Group: Members Posts: 334 Joined: 29-September 02 Member No.: 21 |
Well After looking at the car closely It looks as if My tensioner pully is bad. I can move it way too freely by just pulling up on the belt and I just read that sometimes when they are going bad that they make noises that sound like HEAVY lifter tick or valvetrain noises. And when I pulled the old head it looked perfect so I'm assuming that its in good shape. Thanks for the help guys! I'll post if this fixes my problem.
-------------------- 2003 Mustang GT
2008 Harley Nightster 1990 Mustang LX 5.0 notch |
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May 16 2004, 06:11 PM
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 Post Master Group: Members Posts: 658 Joined: 7-October 03 From: Pekin Member No.: 181 |
I was getting ready to start tearing mine apart and checking all my pulleys and tensioners as you know I have the same problem. let me know if this solves it.
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May 16 2004, 09:28 PM
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It's a late reply here but leaving the power transistor plug off can produce the same results. If your tensioner doesn't fix the problem, don't forget to check for spark as well.
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May 17 2004, 10:23 AM
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DSMCentral Freak Group: Members Posts: 334 Joined: 29-September 02 Member No.: 21 |
QUOTE (KOU In3 @ May 17 2004, 03:28 AM) It's a late reply here but leaving the power transistor plug off can produce the same results. If your tensioner doesn't fix the problem, don't forget to check for spark as well. Power Transistor plug is one of the ones behind the motor that plug in below the coil packs? If so they are both plugged in. I was gonna check spark next. I'm not even gonna try to start the car until I have that new tensioner on there! It would be a shame to have to pull the new head because I bent some valves just to reinstall the old one that I didnt need to pull in the first place! HAH! Justin- Take the top t-belt cover off and pull up on the belt below the exhaust cam gear. You can barely wedge your hand in there to pull up on it, but if it feels loose chances are that your tensioner is bad. I found several threads on dsmtuners.com where people were having noise that sounded like HEAVY lifter tick or valvetrain noise and it turned out to be a bad tensioner. I'll post if this fixes my problem! Thanks again guys! -------------------- 2003 Mustang GT
2008 Harley Nightster 1990 Mustang LX 5.0 notch |
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Jun 2 2004, 02:49 PM
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 Person of Wisdom Group: Members Posts: 190 Joined: 8-November 03 From: Washington DC Member No.: 197 |
I had the same thing happen to one of my cars. I'm in the proccess of fixing it. Hmmmmmm.
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