So in an effort to revive this topic and use it as my build log, I want to share my project status so far.
I'm trying to work on one car at a time, and with 60 hours of work a week it is proving to be difficult finding free time to work on them.
The project is two cars, a 1995 3.2L SHO, and a 2000 Taurus SE, 3.0 Vulcan.
I'm swapping both the engines, so the SE gets the SHO, and the SHO gets the vulcan. I then hope to give the car to my brother for his first car or sell it to get the money I invested in it back.
I started this project around May last year, but my progress is still coming along decent even though I never really have time to work on it. [It's almost every other weekend that I do anything to it.]
Basically so far I've pulled the engines out of both cars already. Swapped the subframes, swapped the fuel systems, the exhaust, and installed the Vulcan in the 95. Being a **** of a wiring mess, I finally got it down to one problem.
The thing turns over, it's got power to all the relays, sensors, etc. All the electronics work, minus the fuel pump.
The fuel pump is functional though, with voltage applied it does run. But the PCM is not talking to the FPDM to send it voltage, at all.
I cannot figure out why either. I looked online to figure out this one and I had two leads, the security system, and the location of the FPDM. Since the FPDM was located close to the tank in the 2000, I relocated it there, still nothing. I swapped everything that makes up the security system into the 95, and still nothing.
I keep thinking it's such an easy fix, but I'm at my wits end. I have not refilled the tank yet either, because I assume I may have to drop it again to check the wiring [did that a few times already] so I kind of thought that maybe it had something to do with it sensing no gas or pressure and telling it not to run. I never tested that theory yet though.
If anyone has any clues to this or any insight to share, I'd appreciate it!
But, without further delays, here's some pictures of the "ordeal" thus far!
The two cars in question:
What she looked like:
De-SHO'ed:
Subject awaiting powerplant:
Process of rebuilding:
Subframe madness:
The SLO motor:
Humiliation: [Note the front end of the 95
]
And it's final resting place:
There is a ton more progress on that car too, but these pictures are from June-November last year.
More to come soon! Just gotta get passed this fuel pump problem since it's kicking my ass! [And I'm an electrician!!]
Probably a good idea to rename this thread since I'm hijacking it myself.
