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240 won't start 200 1981

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posted by  khanawalt on  Sat May 1 08:52 CST 2004
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I just picked up an '81 240, and it's been sitting for three years. He parked it when it started having an intermittent starting problem.

I turns over, then catches as if it's going to start, but only idles roughly for a second or two before it dies. Immediate attempts to restart don't even cause it to try and start, but waiting 10 or 15 seconds will cause it to try and start, stumble and die. I can hear the fuel pump running for a few seconds after it dies.

I've heard about this 25-amp fuse. The one in the fuse block looks okay, but I read somewhere about one under the hood, but I can't find it.






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