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- Michigan
- Vehicle Year
- 1987
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Type
- 2.9 V6
- Engine Size
- 177 CID
- Transmission
- Manual
- 2WD / 4WD
- 2WD
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87 Ranger 2.9/5sp.
After the broken coil wire incident all was well till about a week ago....
I noticed a missfire, bad when cold, under load only when warm. I noticed the plug to the inertia switch was hotter then hell. Unplugged it, jumped past it, and oddly, the missing went away.
About 2 days after that the gasket between my cat and Y pipe blew out, well, 1/2 of it. Truck was still operating normal, just loudly.
Now, yesterday i went to fire it up and it ran about 10 min in my driveway and quit when i went to back it out. No fuel pump. Wtf? (Brand new pump)
Unplug jumper wire, plug in inertia switch, fires back up for ~15 seconds then goes into a low low idle and dies.
After that i heard the relay click out with the key still on...ok...bad relay. Replaced, no go. Noticed the brown wire was loose, plugged back in, have fuel pump and all seems to be well.
Now today, the damn thing is absolutly nutless. Like, can barely get 55 nutless, and sometimes will still go into a real low idle when you stop (but not stall), i get a midrange RPM missfire and it seems to lose power quickly after initial take off, but it feels weak all the way around.
It runs smooth otherwise, just, it seems to be responding slower then a 2.3 truck (no offense).
I thought plugged cat, i hear it rattle if i whack it with my hand, but surely to god with the amount of exhaust leaking out right ahead of itt would be fine?
I havent done the basic tune up stuff yet, but it doesnt act that way to me....
Ideas?
After the broken coil wire incident all was well till about a week ago....
I noticed a missfire, bad when cold, under load only when warm. I noticed the plug to the inertia switch was hotter then hell. Unplugged it, jumped past it, and oddly, the missing went away.
About 2 days after that the gasket between my cat and Y pipe blew out, well, 1/2 of it. Truck was still operating normal, just loudly.
Now, yesterday i went to fire it up and it ran about 10 min in my driveway and quit when i went to back it out. No fuel pump. Wtf? (Brand new pump)
Unplug jumper wire, plug in inertia switch, fires back up for ~15 seconds then goes into a low low idle and dies.
After that i heard the relay click out with the key still on...ok...bad relay. Replaced, no go. Noticed the brown wire was loose, plugged back in, have fuel pump and all seems to be well.
Now today, the damn thing is absolutly nutless. Like, can barely get 55 nutless, and sometimes will still go into a real low idle when you stop (but not stall), i get a midrange RPM missfire and it seems to lose power quickly after initial take off, but it feels weak all the way around.
It runs smooth otherwise, just, it seems to be responding slower then a 2.3 truck (no offense).
I thought plugged cat, i hear it rattle if i whack it with my hand, but surely to god with the amount of exhaust leaking out right ahead of itt would be fine?
I havent done the basic tune up stuff yet, but it doesnt act that way to me....
Ideas?