NorseMedic72
New member
1st post. New to forum even though this is my 3rd full size bronco.
Long story short: teaching son about Broncos while trading out tailgate on a newly acquired 1990 5.8 with E4OD. Battery was connected backwards (should have checked after his work, but it's a battery By The Gods! How do you ***** that up?).
Fried the solenoid and burned out the fuselink to the alternator. Replaced both.
Betty Blue wants start, she tries really hard to. She cranks hard, sound like she's gonna catch, then nothing.
Other than completely frying the ECM, what else am I missing? For starters, the fuel pump won't shut off and there is a very heavy smell of gas after trying to start her. The primer just doesn't shut off after you turn the key. I figure I need to test/replace the Fuel pump relay tomorrow.
I would appreciate some helpful hints/suggestions about what to check next to help her run again. Can't really afford to tow her in as I'm in Fairbanks AK and it's extremely expensive here for something I hope as minor as this. She ran beautifully before the mishaps and I'd really like to not want to throttle my son over this with a simple fix.
Thanks for the support.
Long story short: teaching son about Broncos while trading out tailgate on a newly acquired 1990 5.8 with E4OD. Battery was connected backwards (should have checked after his work, but it's a battery By The Gods! How do you ***** that up?).
Fried the solenoid and burned out the fuselink to the alternator. Replaced both.
Betty Blue wants start, she tries really hard to. She cranks hard, sound like she's gonna catch, then nothing.
Other than completely frying the ECM, what else am I missing? For starters, the fuel pump won't shut off and there is a very heavy smell of gas after trying to start her. The primer just doesn't shut off after you turn the key. I figure I need to test/replace the Fuel pump relay tomorrow.
I would appreciate some helpful hints/suggestions about what to check next to help her run again. Can't really afford to tow her in as I'm in Fairbanks AK and it's extremely expensive here for something I hope as minor as this. She ran beautifully before the mishaps and I'd really like to not want to throttle my son over this with a simple fix.
Thanks for the support.