87 Legend 2.7 Has gas & spark wont start!!! help please

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dirty4track

Discussion Starter · Jul 12, 2015

Hi I am new here, I have a 1987 Legend 2.7 Sedan. 112xxx miles. Redid front end, got an alignment, and have driven it 600 or so miles, parked it, wont start again. I replaced(within last three weeks)
;fuel filter ;fuel pump ;main relay ;distributor cap and rotor ; spark plugs ;fuel injector resistor; checked fuses in engine and kick panel. Still wont start. It has spark and gas. New Battery full charge. One year old alternator. plug wires are two yrs old and still fine. NOTE* computer is showing SOLID RED LIGHT. I dont know what to do next at this point. Car cranks but wont turn over. I love this car and dont want to junk it. Its in great shape. I have the service manual, It says the ecu is the reason. has anyone had this happen to them? Thanks

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l4zy415

· #2 · Jul 13, 2015

Hello. I've seen someone that has went through this before. they swapped a new ECU and the car started again. So you'll likely will be needing a new ECU.

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· #3 · Jul 15, 2015

Hate to ask but...

Are you sure the timing belt is in one piece?

Take off the distributor cap, remove the center wire so you're not throwing sparks, crank the engine and see if the rotor turns. If not, the timing belt is done.

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dirty4track

Discussion Starter · #4 · Jul 19, 2015

[email protected] said:
Hate to ask but...

Are you sure the timing belt is in one piece?

Take off the distributor cap, remove the center wire so you're not throwing sparks, crank the engine and see if the rotor turns. If not, the timing belt is done.[/QU

Hi, we checked this and it was spinning.

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dirty4track

Discussion Starter · #5 · Jul 19, 2015

l4zy415 said:
Hello. I've seen someone that has went through this before. they swapped a new ECU and the car started again. So you'll likely will be needing a new ECU.

---Hi, I am thinking this might be the problem. rockauto has one for not too bad, so I think Ill be getting one soon. Just curious, if the ECU is bad, would it be able to still attempt to start?

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l4zy415

· #6 · Jul 25, 2015

It'll crank like normal, but it will not start it because the engine doesn't know where top dead center is and it will not jump start in any cylinder.

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