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Old 08-16-05, 02:39 PM
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car still wont run

first a little backgrond...i had an 88 se. i had the engine , trany,exaust ... well you get the point, put into a 87 gxl. i drove it 12 miles, parked it & it hasnt run since...ive put in all new fule system,the 88 ecu,& still nothing. when i put fule down the throttle body it runs for 3 to 5 sec. second , on the right frot fender there looks to be a resistor or relay of some sort. the plug from the wiring harness is not there. what is it , & is that all that is keeping my car from running?
Old 08-16-05, 06:08 PM
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download the service manual and go through the troubleshooting process for starting:

http://www.teamfc3s.org/main/factory...ual/1986_1988/

Sounds like you're getting spark & air, so mabey check for old gas, clogged fuel filter, etc.. I'd still go through all the service manual troubleshooting steps.
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Originally Posted by storm33
first a little backgrond...i had an 88 se. i had the engine , trany,exaust ... well you get the point, put into a 87 gxl. i drove it 12 miles, parked it & it hasnt run since...ive put in all new fule system,the 88 ecu,& still nothing. when i put fule down the throttle body it runs for 3 to 5 sec. second , on the right frot fender there looks to be a resistor or relay of some sort. the plug from the wiring harness is not there. what is it , & is that all that is keeping my car from running?
if you dont have the resistors then the car wont run.
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If the 87 was manufactured befor jan of 87 you need to swap the wire harness out of the 88.

Basicly you have high imp injectors on a low imp harness. So bypass the resistors, or put low imp injectors on, or swap the harness over.

If it ran and the ^ is correct then you burned ither the resistor in the ECU up or the injectors.
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