1990 Ford F150 battery/starter

12,000 MILES • V8 • 2WD • MANUAL
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SCOTWEL
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P/U truck has been sitting in garage for 3-4 years. Installed new battery, inadvertantly crossed cables when hooking up. Thick green wire coming from starter smoked pretty good. Battery still has plenty of juice. Truck had 1/4 tank of old gas...put in a gal of new gas. Won't start. How can I tell if I've fried something or if it might just be the old gas? thx.
Apr 27, 2010 at 12:26 PM
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MHPAUTOS
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Hi there,

Check for spark, fuel pressure and injection pulse if EFI, if EFI you may have damaged the ECU, check for any fault codes. start here.

mark (mhpautos)
Apr 27, 2010 at 7:50 PM
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