Dear Ford friends, I hope someone of You can help me out to solve a worrying technical problem ! My name is Joerg, I am male and 37 years old, live in germany and drive a '95 Ford Thunderbird V6 3.8 LX. He has run app. 95.000 mls and had never caused serial trouble for me. But last winter, he started to worry me, and meanswhile he was in 3 different FORD garages - but the problem has not been found ! At first once every few weeks, but now every few days in the morning, when I want to go for work, he sometimes is not willing to start ! Sometimes he starts without any problem, but some other times he does not. He behaves like this: When I turn the ignition key to ON, You can hear the fuel pump for one second. But when trying to start, it seems like the engine gets no fuel, and it does not start. It turns - but doesn't come on. The arrow of the Tachometer (rpm) gauge does not move at all. (So it is maybe an electrical problem ?) When I make a pause then, and let the ignition key at ON position , after a while (sometimes after only 5 seconds, sometimes after 5 minutes, and one time after 20 minutes !) You can hear the fuel pump pumping once more for a short while. And then he starts as normal. As I said: It does not happen regularly - You cannot plan it ! It happens in sunny weather, in rainy weather and snowy weather. I am very worried about this ! In 3 different garages they changed a lot of parts: Battery, distributor cap, ignition cables, fuel filter. They loosened nearly all cables and plugs and replaced them - but the problem is still the same. It happens oftener now month by month. Do You have any clue for me ? May it be the fuel pump itself ? Or what else ? Electrical problem in a switchbox ? Had someone of You had a similar problem ? What have You done to resolve it ? All infos are really welcome ! Thank You in advance Best regards Joerg.

Yes, this sounds like a fuel pump or possibly debis in the gas tank itself. Has it ever happened after the car has warmed up?

Hi mtbikekid, Thanks for the answer ! No - it has never happened after the car has warmed up ! What does it mean ? Can You suggest a spare parts dealer for my '95 Tbird which ships from USA to germany ? I do not find a good dealer here ... I posted my problem in a few formus - and I got 3 different types of possible problems: 1) fuel pump is dying and has to be replaced 2) starter relay ground connection bad (wanted to check it - but where is the starter relay in my '95 TB ?) 3) Crankshaft position sensor defect ? What do You think ? Thank You for replying Joerg.