Here goes... I just finished swapping out the blown 7.3 from my 1998 e-350 limo coach. I installed a junk yard 1997 f-250 engine. everything is in and now I can't get it to run. I know very little about Ford diesels, actually diesels all together cause I've only owned Dodge diesels and never had any problems.

I can't find anyone that seemed to be having the same problems. Two obvious problems are the wait to start light doesn't come on. Also the initinal check engine light does't come on. I was able to get the wait to start light on by jumping the GPR. I had two different guys with some experence with 7.3 come over and try figuring out what the problem is and they came up with these theories: 1.Clearly the injectors are not being engauged 2.It seems that power is not getting to the computor or possibily also the fuse box under the dash.

I can clearly see that I have an electrical problem. I just don't know where to start to eliminate things and get to the source of the problem. I don't know weither it was something I did wrong on the install or it has something to do with to year difference and F-250 to E-350 conversion. The only difference I came into was the wire harness from the origional engine had 2 extra wires that went to a pigtail on the GPR. Where the F-250 only had the 4 wires on the GPR.

Any help?????????????????????????????????????
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Welcome Jeremy, you`ve come to the right site, you`ll get the answer by posting an inquiry in the diesel forums which you have already spotted.
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