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as most of you know I purchased a 2000 Focus wagon with a (as the mechanic put it) blown Motor
I finally got the beast home and started poking at it and I have hit a few speedbumps and the last one is buggin me ( figuratively speaking roadbumps)
anyways got the car home yanked off the timing belt cover and discovered a belt thats probably the original ( has more cracks in it then my 15 year old driveway) enyways cranked it and the belt just jerked a little ( bad belt )
Starts parts list on what is going to be needed
Timing belt, Tools, Waterpump, idler, tensioner
on to step 2 jam a borascope down each spark plug hole (thought hey gunna check something while no plugs are in so I crank it absolutely NO resistance but starter not spinning fast ) Jam the boriscope down each spark plug hole hey not bad #1 dry, clean with no wall damage #2 dry, little dirty no wall damage #3 dry, but clean with no wall damage, #4 dry with a little carbon on the cylinder.. absolutely no damaged Valves (WOOT)
Adds to list
Spark plugs, Wires, Fuel filter, Starter
I then throw it all back together
heres the prob out of the blue the horn beeped twice the dash security light went solid then everything lost power... it came back but I can no longer crank when turning the key...
Key turned to on, dash does its sweeps but shows dash's on the odo (-)
key turned to start I hear a relay click and nothing else.. I stuff my hand into the fuse hole prodding the relays and found the relay clicking is a fat flat relay behind a metal shield...
I made sure the computer didn't forget the key by removing the pats chip and paniced the alarm trying to crank it.. I threw the pats back in and reset the car and just clicks
Basically what Im asking is where to start on fixing the cranking issue, I need the car to crank when I test the old starter for how much its drawing to the new one and basically get the car running
ADDED:
Oh yeah just messin around after I got the car to stop flipping out I found the following
- Corroded Battery Terminals, ends and wires ( Going to Custom make a new set )
- PCV hose is BADLY blistered it was leaning against the engine and its collapsed in 3 places
- Shotty TPS just like my old one (dunno if its bad but going to change it anyways to the newer style)
oh yeah where in the HECK is the Starter [scratch] looked for over an hour can't find it... I jacked it as high as I could and slid under as far as I felt safe to do ( Can't use ramps or stands due to a soft crappy asphalt driveway that sinks with a Pro mechanics jack just sitting on it plus its kind of hard to ramp the car with it not starting heheeh)
as most of you know I purchased a 2000 Focus wagon with a (as the mechanic put it) blown Motor
I finally got the beast home and started poking at it and I have hit a few speedbumps and the last one is buggin me ( figuratively speaking roadbumps)
anyways got the car home yanked off the timing belt cover and discovered a belt thats probably the original ( has more cracks in it then my 15 year old driveway) enyways cranked it and the belt just jerked a little ( bad belt )
Starts parts list on what is going to be needed
Timing belt, Tools, Waterpump, idler, tensioner
on to step 2 jam a borascope down each spark plug hole (thought hey gunna check something while no plugs are in so I crank it absolutely NO resistance but starter not spinning fast ) Jam the boriscope down each spark plug hole hey not bad #1 dry, clean with no wall damage #2 dry, little dirty no wall damage #3 dry, but clean with no wall damage, #4 dry with a little carbon on the cylinder.. absolutely no damaged Valves (WOOT)
Adds to list
Spark plugs, Wires, Fuel filter, Starter
I then throw it all back together
heres the prob out of the blue the horn beeped twice the dash security light went solid then everything lost power... it came back but I can no longer crank when turning the key...
Key turned to on, dash does its sweeps but shows dash's on the odo (-)
key turned to start I hear a relay click and nothing else.. I stuff my hand into the fuse hole prodding the relays and found the relay clicking is a fat flat relay behind a metal shield...
I made sure the computer didn't forget the key by removing the pats chip and paniced the alarm trying to crank it.. I threw the pats back in and reset the car and just clicks
Basically what Im asking is where to start on fixing the cranking issue, I need the car to crank when I test the old starter for how much its drawing to the new one and basically get the car running
ADDED:
Oh yeah just messin around after I got the car to stop flipping out I found the following
- Corroded Battery Terminals, ends and wires ( Going to Custom make a new set )
- PCV hose is BADLY blistered it was leaning against the engine and its collapsed in 3 places
- Shotty TPS just like my old one (dunno if its bad but going to change it anyways to the newer style)
oh yeah where in the HECK is the Starter [scratch] looked for over an hour can't find it... I jacked it as high as I could and slid under as far as I felt safe to do ( Can't use ramps or stands due to a soft crappy asphalt driveway that sinks with a Pro mechanics jack just sitting on it plus its kind of hard to ramp the car with it not starting heheeh)