[Shotimes] Help.. my SHO is dead and I don't know why...LONG but please help.....

[Kevin & Cheryl Airth]

Adam:
 I am sending you 2 diagrams for wiring in an external relay for the fuel
pump. This will bypass that function of the  CCRM/IRCM and is much cheaper
if you burn it up. Splice 3 wires and cut 1 other. It is a close working
area so that's the hardest part. Mine just died one morning and could not
find another CCRM quickly. Herman Anker was kind enough to lay it out on the
Ford EVTM diagrams. It's for the 3.0L but I had no trouble using it for my
ATX. I wanted to do this for all the functions but it's not that straight
forward and it seems the fuel pump is the only one with just a relay and no
other circuitry.
It would not be that unusual to find 2 bad CCRM's after 10+ years time!
 I hope you can get it away from the dealer!
.
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> Hello everyone... I gots a problem....  I took the intake manifold off my
94
> to change plugs and wires, and ended up having to replace the valve cover
> seals due to oil in the plug wells... and the oil didn't get sucked out
and
> went down in the cylindars... (I know.... it was a mistake, and you all
said
> it should be fine, just suck it out of there somehow which I did).
Anway... we
> put the intake manifold back on... it didn't go real smooth, and the brace
in
> the back that contains the ground strap gave us trouble and we had to keep
> moving around all those wires back there, but we never unpluged them and
we
> made sure nothing was "amiss", being disconnected, strained, sressed and
what
> not... everything looked good and in order. All connections were properly
> connected within the intake manifold. We hooked up the battery and turned
the
> key.... nothing... just barely a crank.... dunno why.. i guess it was just
the
> oil in the plug wells... (what was left of it anyway).  Then the car
cranked
> and the crank sounded awful.... i'd compare it to how an electric start
> lawnmower cranks when you try to sart it... a real "sressed" whining
> crank...but then the car fired up and all kinds of smoke from the
cylindars
> were coming out of the exhaust... it ran for about 45 seconds and died...
>
> We began the investigation..... there was spark and of course air, but no
> fuel, there was no pressure in the fuel rail. When you turn the key, you
could
> not hear the fuel pump prime.... by reading the forums, it was said to
check
> the CCM under the fan shroud... it faild the test .... no voltage on
> pink/black on key on, and no "partial voltage" from pin 10 the yellow one.
So
> to confirm the CCM was the problem, we hooked up the fuel pump straight,
by
> disconnecting the intertia swtich and jumpering the fuel pump side of the
> harness and touching it to the battery. The car started and ran fine.....
so
> we took the CCM out and cracked it open and it stunk like burnt
electronics...
> so we found a used CCM from a yard... i received it and the replacement
looked
> worse appearance wise then the one in my car... I didn't have a good
feeling
> when I saw it, but i figured it'd do the trick..
>
> So we put it in, re connected the battery, which was a little drained ....
and
> turned the key to hear the fuel pump.... nope... the replacement CCM made
a
> buzzing sound..... so we let the battery charge up a little more, and we
> turned the key and the Fuel pump came on just fine and the car
started.....
>
> So it's running.... and we disconnect the battery charger.... the car
> dies.......  so we hook the charger back up and the car starts but has
trouble
> idling .... like it's being "starved" for fuel... check engine light
flashed 2
> times but didn't stay on..... i took my foot off the gas, and it
died......
> turned the key again..... and no fuel pump....   but the pump works if you
> hook it up straight through like I mentioned above...   so givng up hope,
i
> called AAA and waited for the truck and the car is now at the
dealership...
> and i'm petrified and feel mentally sick and unconfident that either I
messed
> somethign up with the car and it will never run right agaiin....
>
> Any thoughts would be gratiously accepted....
>
> And for the record, my tune up i performed consisted of... new motorcraft
> plugs and wires, new intake manifold gaskets, new valve cover seals and
> plugwell seals, new IAB and 2 new 02 sensors.....
>
>          -Adam
>
> '94 MTX