Fwd: [Shotimes] Re: sho won't start

[Ben Zientek]

ok, i've gotten lucky.  I was replacing the alternator of a back up car 
i can use till i get this running and i found a Ford Code Reader my dad 
had for the other SHO's we have around the family, forgot he had it 
since he's past away... anyways. ran the KOEO test with it and it shows 
a 542 code, which is a fuel pump secondary circuit fault (at least that 
what the book says ) also no i don't ever here anything from the fuel 
tank when i turn the key on.. so i guess its settled.. busted fuel 
pump?  Thanks again for all the help guys ( or girls ) its great to 
have all this help so quickly.  Hopefully someday i'll be able to chime 
in a help someone like you've all done for me.

Ben Zientek

Begin forwarded message:

> From: fwhittle@mindspring.com
> Date: Mon Oct 6, 2003  3:48:32 PM US/Pacific
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net, shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: [Shotimes] Re: sho won't start
> Reply-To: fwhittle@mindspring.com
>
> Sounds like the fuel pump died.  Do you hear the fuel pump running for 
> a second or two when you turn the key on?  If not, it's dead.  Mine 
> gave me a few weeks of audible warning before it died.  It got real 
> noisy.  There's a guy in Garland, Texas that sells Walbro 190 lph 
> pumps for a good price.  I don't remember the name of his company.  A 
> Google search for Garland Texas Walbro might turn him up.
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Frank Whittle
> '95 ATX
>
> Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 09:59:39 -0700
> Subject: Fwd: [Shotimes] sho won't start
> From: Ben Zientek <bzientek3@comcast.net>
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
>
> i've checked those fuses, and everything is ok.  I've tried running the
> KOEO test, and the car makes noises but i may have run the battery too
> low to finish the test because i never see the Check Engine light flash
> for any codes.  I checked the valve on the fuel rails and there is no
> spray of fuel out...so i would guess no fuel pressure.  would this
> point to a faulty fuel pump?  i have checked the fuel reset button in
> the trunk and it is not tripped.  thanks everybody for your help.  this
> is my daily driver and i'm stuck at home till i get it running.
>
> Ben Zientek.
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>> From: "Kevin & Cheryl Airth" <clubairth@peoplepc.com>
>> Date: Mon Oct 6, 2003  7:57:23 AM US/Pacific
>> To: "Ben Zientek" <bzientek3@comcast.net>, <shotimes@autox.team.net>
>> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] sho won't start
>>
>> Ben:
>>  Check the fuses under the hood. It's a black plastic cover on the
>> drivers
>> side firewall. About 10 fuses. On the ATX cars there is a 10 amp fuse
>> that
>> powers the ignition and the low coolant sensor. If the low coolant
>> sensor
>> shorts out and takes down this 10 amp fuse the car will have no spark.
>> Did
>> you pull all the fuses in the under hood box?
>>
>>  Also depress the test valve on your fuel rails just to verify that
>> you have
>> fuel spraying out.
>> .
>>
>>
>>
>>> I'm in need of some help,  I have a 94 SHO atx.  I has been working
>>> fine up until this morning when i tried to start it.  It turns over
>>> but
>>> does not start.  I've check all the fuses, and the fuel reset switch.
>>> those are ok.  It ran fine friday evening when i drove it for about
>>> half hour coming home from work where it had sat for about 6 days 
>>> when
>>> i was traveling.  it has fuel, i had filled it up before my trip, and
>>> the gauge shows fuel.  does anybody have any other ideas why it would
>>> just not start now?  thanks for any help.
>>>
>>> Ben Zientek
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