{"id":53389,"date":"2017-10-19T09:05:42","date_gmt":"2017-10-19T14:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=53389"},"modified":"2024-02-11T08:59:01","modified_gmt":"2024-02-11T16:59:01","slug":"1999-mercury-cougar-doesnt-even-crank","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2017\/10\/1999-mercury-cougar-doesnt-even-crank","title":{"rendered":"1999 Mercury Cougar v6 2.5L it doesn&#8217;t even crank"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32788\" src=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2001-mercury-cougar.jpg\" alt=\"Mercury Cougar\" width=\"600\" height=\"284\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2001-mercury-cougar.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2001-mercury-cougar-300x142.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>It doesn&#8217;t even crank<\/h3>\n<p>The computer says its the fuel pump but the pump is working. 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