Help! Mustang wont start!

[crazypete]

EEC testing can be had for a voltmeter and a piece of wire

I could go into great detail on EEC testing but this page says it all. All you need is an analog voltmeter

http://www.corral.net/20anngt/images/test.gif

http://www.corral.net/20anngt/eec.htm

The codes arent terribly useful offhand because a problem will usually cause a cascade of errors but it's a good hint. That page lists the codes I think.

If it responds at all, the EEC relays are good. Else, the eec wouldnt respond. If you hear the fuel pump prime, the eec is already good...or at least alive, because the eec controls the fuel pump relay opening and closing. Hence, if the pump primes when you turn on the car, the eec sent it's little 1 second pulse.

I think the car would at least sputter a bit if even half the cylinders had working injectors (dont ask =P), so it is probably a central fuel delivery problem.

Back in my poor college student days, I had a fuel pump clog. I dropped the tank and removed the pump, switch polarity on the motor to make it run backwards and ran water through it and lo and behold, black sludge shot out. I emptied the pump, filled it with gas, switched the wires back and it ran great for another year. If they have a line clog, would it make sense to swap the wires on the fuel pump, suck gas back into the tank (ie...empty the lines), disconnect the fuel line at the clip fitting near the fuel rails, switch the wires back and maybe see what was clogging the lines shoot out? It's definatley a crazy pete idea but why not.

As for your starter, you toasted the relay on the driver's side fender near the battery. Maybe maybe beating it up a little will loosen the stuck relay switch inside. Cant hurt to smack it with a wrencha few times UNLESS you hear it click when you go turn the key to start. I think it's a $5 part.

Good luck bro