teachdivin
Registered User
Back in October, you folks came to the aid of my friend whose 89 Super Couple would crank, but not start. Problem then was a bad cam shaft sensor which, when replaced, allowed the car to instantly start.
Last weekend, John drove his car to a wedding and at the reception he bumped into a rock protruding out of the ground high enough to stop the vehicle instantly in its tracks. He reports it was a slow speed impact, but I have no estimate of actual speed.
John says that he jacked the car up to clear this rock which was caught on the steerage undercarriage--perhaps the torsion bar or other steering linkage.
When he attemts to start the car, the engine cranks and sounds as if it's trying to start, but will not. Other symptoms include the loss of some/all instrumentation panel guages/idiot lights.
I'm not familiar with Ford products, but I wondered if the Super Coupe has some kind of "inertial" safety switch which has cut power to various electrical parts--including the fuel pump (if it's electrical)?
Whatever the problem is, it was instanteously caused by the collision with the rock.
Anyone w/ ideas, suggestions, help?
We're going to try starting/moving the vehicle from the folks yard Thursday, June 24th.
Give a holler to:
Tony
757-523-4818
757-748-6132
or John... the car's owner
575-547-8108
Thanks!
Anyone w/ suggestions as to where to look for the problem?
Last weekend, John drove his car to a wedding and at the reception he bumped into a rock protruding out of the ground high enough to stop the vehicle instantly in its tracks. He reports it was a slow speed impact, but I have no estimate of actual speed.
John says that he jacked the car up to clear this rock which was caught on the steerage undercarriage--perhaps the torsion bar or other steering linkage.
When he attemts to start the car, the engine cranks and sounds as if it's trying to start, but will not. Other symptoms include the loss of some/all instrumentation panel guages/idiot lights.
I'm not familiar with Ford products, but I wondered if the Super Coupe has some kind of "inertial" safety switch which has cut power to various electrical parts--including the fuel pump (if it's electrical)?
Whatever the problem is, it was instanteously caused by the collision with the rock.
Anyone w/ ideas, suggestions, help?
We're going to try starting/moving the vehicle from the folks yard Thursday, June 24th.
Give a holler to:
Tony
757-523-4818
757-748-6132
or John... the car's owner
575-547-8108
Thanks!
Anyone w/ suggestions as to where to look for the problem?