99BlownYellowGT Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Ok i am having an electrical issue with my mustang. Everytime i hit a bump or anything like that my car will shut off. I am horrible with electrical issues. How in the hell do i track this down? I cant even drive this car anywhere to have it checked out. Now it does it when i shut the drivers side door. Any ideas? I desperately need this thing to run so something in my life is going right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99BlownYellowGT Posted April 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Ok so im getting a heavy fuel smell too. Could my fuel pump or filter be causing this? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojoe Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 What have you checked? I'm not the one who will have the answer for you. But, I know the people who know this stuff will want to know what you have looked at. Sounds like a short, of course. I would start with alternator wires/cables and work from there. Checking the cable connection for the battery(I've had the cable come out of the connector). From there it's all you. Good luck Jason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99BlownYellowGT Posted April 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 Yeah im thinking its a short somewhere. Or something grounding out. I hooked some jumpers on the negative terminal and ran it to another ground the car didnt stall immediately like it was but after slamming the door a couple times it would stall out. The odometer reads ------- when it happens and the car will not start back up unless i go to the off position and then restart it.Also when i was slamming the door the FP guage would jump to 40+ psi before stalling Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mojoe Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 It jumping to 40+ PSI sounds weird. If it just stayed there, that's more understandable. I know when I shut down, I hold pressure for a while. I'm not saying it's right, but I don't have issues from it. Having someone there with you to trouble shoot things is always easier. I'd help you tonight, but I need to finish mine to be in NC Friday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Removed Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 itds going too jump up when it dies, the FP is dead heading at that point,. sounds like a power loss issue. first link. we can fix it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
99BlownYellowGT Posted April 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 For free cuz thats how much money i have lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted April 17, 2007 Report Share Posted April 17, 2007 where is the fuel pump cut off switch on mustangs? i've seen those go bad on crown vics, easy way to check it is tap on it and see if it happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave1647545494 Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 check the rollover switch also try wiggling your key in the lock cylinder and see what happens I've had badly worn lock cylinders vibrate around to the off post before Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 check the rollover switch also try wiggling your key in the lock cylinder and see what happens I've had badly worn lock cylinders vibrate around to the off post before lots of keys and key chains don't help much there either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Removed Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 For free cuz thats how much money i have lol start it , then start shaking wiring.. when it/if dies, start looking around in that area. good old wiggle test might just find it. almost sounds like a loose terminal or bad ground., something of that nature. very rare but, could be the battery, hit a good bump and the plates inside shifted and it would die everytime.that one fucked with me for a couple days. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hal Posted April 18, 2007 Report Share Posted April 18, 2007 I think everyone else covered what I would say. I do doubt it's your cut off switch though because they need manually reset. I would go ahead and shake wires like Rob said. If it's not popping a fuse you most likely don't have a short to ground, more likely a bad or corroded ground somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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