Date:         Sun, 23 Feb 2003 01:58:42 EST
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From:         George Goff <THX0001@AOL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Uncle... '91 won't catch
Comments: To: belanger@FLUID.COM
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In a message dated 2/23/03 1:18:57 AM, belanger@FLUID.COM writes:

<< but am
at a loss to what to do next. >>

MB, my man, maybe this is what you should have done first: check for spark
and fuel.  Using a spark plug as the test instrument, visually check for
spark while it is cranking.  If you have a decent spark, put out your
cigarette and pull the injectors to see if they are spraying some form of
atomized fuel while the engine is cranking.  If you have both of these
elements pulling for you, the engine should at least cough.  If one or the
other, i.e., spark or fuel, is missing or untoward, then you will know where
to direct your attention.

Don't sweat the ECU.  It is a fairly hardened device.  Just don't be stupid
with it such as connecting your welding machine ground to it.  In fact,
exercising the mass connector to the ECU might restore the connections which
have degraded with time and, as a consequence, clear the fault which is
causing your problem.  Note, I said MIGHT.

George