Thanks for hangin' in there with me on this guys. Got more than frustrated with this yesterday and had to walk away from it.
First, here's a picture of the instrument panel when I turn the key to the 'on' position.
Sorry for the out of focus, I hurried it.
No check engine light. It does say 'Service Engine Soon' though.
I haven't sprayed starting fluid into it yet, but will later this morning when the neighborhood wakes up. I hate making a racket before 10 on Sundays especially.
I did buy a manual, if you can call it that, I wouldn't if I were the publisher as it doesn't even make mention of the 3.9L engine. I think it's a Haynes.
I did attempt to siphon the gas out of the tank. That was a fiasco too as the tubing is so flimsy it won't go down the tank filler turns to reach the gas.
I did give the tank a few whacks with my new rubber BFH that I recently bought at H-F, just to see if I could jar the pump some. No dice. That's when I walked away from it.
I did check the fuse under the hood for the fuel pump circuit. All is good there. Why do they make the owner's manual pics so small you need a magnifying glass to read them?
I will give the starting fluid a try later.
If that doesn't work I'm ready to say 'uncle' and have it towed to a local indy I know to let him deal with changing out the fuel pump (which I'm betting is the cause, based on my Taurus experience).
Hate to say it, but I'm a Chevy guy that only has a Mustang in his garage because that's what his wife wanted after her mini-van driving days were done. As she says, we haven't spent a dime on it since we bought it used 5 yrs ago except for oil and gas. It only has 52k miles on it now so I guess the bean counters did their job right as it seems Detroit iron only lasts 50k miles now and it starts to fall apart, at least that's been my experience with the last 3 of 4 American cars I've owned.
I'll check back later with the results of the starting fluid test.
Thanks.