Trying to Get the Codes
#1
Trying to Get the Codes
I have an '87 F150, 6 cylinder with a manual transmission. I replaced the inline (rail) fuel filter last week along with the distributor cap and button. (Please note this was done to fix a problem of stuttering when it gets warmed up and before I joined the boards and now realize I may have been chasing the rabbit down the wrong hole.)
So, I have been trying to get the codes. I hooked up the wires to the battery, STI and grounded the STI. I have paper and pencil in hand. I turn the key to "run". The fuel pump kicks in. I wait for it to stop. I continue waiting. I wait some more. I wait a little longer. After 5 minutes, frustrated, I come inside and with dirty hands type this post.
Help me Obi Boards Kenobi, you're my only hope!
So, I have been trying to get the codes. I hooked up the wires to the battery, STI and grounded the STI. I have paper and pencil in hand. I turn the key to "run". The fuel pump kicks in. I wait for it to stop. I continue waiting. I wait some more. I wait a little longer. After 5 minutes, frustrated, I come inside and with dirty hands type this post.
Help me Obi Boards Kenobi, you're my only hope!
#2
No Pain, No Pain!
Welcome to the board.
I am not familiar with how to get the OBD-I codes, but I do know there is a thread, somewhere, that explains how to do it. We have some excellent mechanics here and I am sure one of them will be able to point you in the right direction.
I am not familiar with how to get the OBD-I codes, but I do know there is a thread, somewhere, that explains how to do it. We have some excellent mechanics here and I am sure one of them will be able to point you in the right direction.
#5
Follow-up
What I had read said to run a hot to the STI.
Also, the truck will not start. After I had replaced the fuel filter & distributor, I ran it the next to and from work, then on about a 75 mile trak no problems.
Now, nothing. Plenty of battery, and after cranking, I can smell gas in the engine compartment, but it is not firing. I hear no combustion sounds.
Also, the truck will not start. After I had replaced the fuel filter & distributor, I ran it the next to and from work, then on about a 75 mile trak no problems.
Now, nothing. Plenty of battery, and after cranking, I can smell gas in the engine compartment, but it is not firing. I hear no combustion sounds.