Drive Maine
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- Maine
- Vehicle Year
- 1994?
- Make / Model
- ranger
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- Manual
Hello all, new to the forum and have a unique situation. I do not own a Ranger however my 1964 Austin FX4 London Taxi has had a 2.3 ranger engine fitted for better economy and reliability...until now unfortunately. Long story short...I hit a large pothole after fueling up which split open a fuel line (Maine has big potholes and this was unavoidable). It also jarred the inertia switch to trip. Both no big deal or so I thought. I reset the inertia switch replaced the broken line and tried to start. No dice. No fuel pump noise either. Checked fuses and noted the ECM fuse had blown. Replace fuse...blew again. I have since checked wiring and grounds to the fuel pump, and cleaned up some of them if they looked suspect. Checked for broken wires to the ecm and replaced a nasty looking splice. I swapped the inertia switch as well and noted that the grey/orange wire from it has been cut and taped (from what I understand this is to a dashboard warning light that obviously my cab does not have, not sure if that’s true.). I also checked the ignition switch and behind the dash for chaffing and found nothing. I am sort of at a loss as I do not work on cars with all these control modules as on this (we own a fleet of classic cars we use for weddings and the cab is one of our most popular) and I really could use some help in how to test if it is the ecm causing the fuse to blow and the fuel pump to not run. I have the numbers to the ecm but am not sure if this is an identification label if it needs to be replaced. Thank you very much in advance