Trouble after MAF Conversion
I have 90 F150 5.0, AOD, 4x4. Just finished MAF conversion and installation of Comp cams 250 deg cam. Wiring harness is from PMAS, new A9P computer used MAF sensor/meter from 92 GT, cam is an Xtreme energy 250 in 260 ex 110 lobe sep for the 351/302 H.O. firing order. Firing order on distributor changed to 351/302 H.O. firing order. Other mods include shorty headers, MSD 6A box with Blaster coil. Before conversion and cam install, ran fine, no codes. had MSD box, coil and headers on. After install, runs like crap when I can get it going, a little warm up and will smooth out some for about 2 minutes then shut down. Ran codes and this is what I have;
51-ECT sensor signal is greater than the self test maximum of 4.6 volts
22-MAP/BP sensor out of self test range 1.4 to 1.6 volts
53-TPS circut has intermittantly failed above 4.5 volts
54-ACT sensor signal is greater than the self test maximum of 4.6 volts
35-PFE or EVP circut has intermittantly failed above the maximum limit of 4.81 volts
85-Canister purge Solenoid circut failure
I may be one tooth off on the distributor and am going to try one tooth each way to see if it fixes it, but I doubt it, I don't see where a timing problem will cause these codes, but I'm new to a fuel injected conversions like this.
I have tried to contact PMAS but haven't been able to talk to anybody yet.
Can all these sensors be bad or is there a cause due to something not assembled/wired right?
I will also recheck all grounds and the rest of the vacuum lines.
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I have found with my truck I have an odd ball application that doesn't jive with many diagrams. With my old computer I had a purple wire in the Pin 43 location. According to PMAS instructions there isn't supposed to be a wire there. I did some digging in Haynes and Chiltons manuals and found that the wire is only supposed to be on 5.8L applications and is an AC circut control wire. My truck is a 5.0 application and always has been, even according to the VIN. Well since there was nothing in the instructions about relocation of any wire from the Pin 43 location and that had to be occupied by a wire in the new harness I left it unattached. I kept blowing AC fuses. If you have the purple wire in the 43 location on your truck computer you must relocate it to the mustang equivelent at pin 54. My AC works fine now. My truck also has no Canister Purge circut. All manuals show that the truck does. I split my harness to track my wire from the Pin 31 location thinking it would come to a cut where a previous owner decided to remove the solenoid. Well that is not the case, it splices into another two black wires that have nothing to do with the diagramed circut. Again this is contrary to PMAS instructions and many wiring diagrams but is obviously factory created. Remember I ran codes on my truck computer and got a system pass code. The truck never had a canister purge circut even though ther is the appropriate gray and yellow wire going to the Pin 31 location. I now have a solenoid and will wire it in according to the appropriate mustang wiring diagram. I have a feeling it will eliminate my code 85. As for the idle problem, I had to slightly straighten the rod connecting the butterfly actuator on the trottle body and the actual throttle cable assembly. I thought that this might mean my TPS is bad but it tests out just fine. My lines from my evap canister run straight to my throttle body and therefor are open all the time sending unmetered air in as if there were a vacuum leak. Once the solenoid is in my idle should be fine and I will readjust my connector link. Again the old computer was wired this way and gave a system pass code, this is the way it was built from the factory and isn't referenced by manuals. I have done tons of automotive work and have frequently come across odd ball problems, especially when doing conversions, and especially in american made vehicles. I am meticulous especially when it comes to instructions, if I wasn't I would not have been able to research and diagnose these circut problems the manufacturer of the commercial harness had no idea about. I will let PMAS know about these two obscure differences and the references I found them in so they can verify them and update their instructions if they see fit.
Last edited by TooManyTrucks; May 2, 2006 at 03:01 PM.






