tomcamaro97
New Member
so as you could geuss by my name, im more of a GM guy.. but i like fords/lincolns too and normally have atleast one. I recently picked up my first stang an 89gt that needs some work.. ive been starting to dig into it and someone has definately played around with the electrical on the car. (example: removed the rediculous DVD player.. and dish lights started working). ive got two issues kinda related that im working on an hoping you pros can give me some guidance.. the car has a check engine light, and i think it needs to be timed (it got a hesitation on throttle ).. Im going to time it the old fashioned way with a liming light , after i remove the little cap thing by the distributor., whats agood reccommended tiiming for a 5.0?. assuming this works thatll take care of my first issue.. second is my check engine light.. as soon as i hook up a code reader to the car and turn it on, it dies. (thats with my snap on reader), if i do it with the car off it gets nothing., if i do it the old fashioned way with the jumper wire and a light/dash light, absolutely nothing happens. my good buddy is a fox body guy (supercharged 347) and he thinks its likely that when the code reader powers up its stealing juice from the ecu and thats why it dies.. any thoughts or places to look? where does the ecu get power from? i wonder if previouso owner teed into it somewhere. any help on both topics is great.