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If you can find a different PCM from a junk yard or a friends explorer I'd try that to see if it corrects the problem. Otherwise have you checked everything listed above?

Power Control Module - it's the on-board computer. It's located behind the passenger kick-panel.

Final update: Turns out in the end it was the PCM. They replaced it with a used one and now it works! Hope no one else has to go through this.

Update: Well, my mechanic says it is the crankshaft position sensor that is the problem. Apparently it just barely works when you are cranking, enough to send a pulse or two and then stops. So about $400 later I will hopefully have the problem fixed. I could have replaced it myself but since...

Yeah I've checking the pressure when it is hard to start - actually haven't checked it when it is running, just KOEO and during cranking. Always around 30-40psi, even after 5min of sitting off. Just cleaned the MAFS and that didn't seem to do anything either. It seems odd to me that the...

Update: still didn't start this morning. Any help would be appreciated.

So apparently the IAC is the usual culprit for this problem. I've read that the gasket problem is more common with 2nd gens which is why I decided to try replacing the IAC. I tried cleaning it per other threads but discovered that I instead got a whistling noise with only moderate...

My 94 XLT 4.0L Pushrod V6 has problems starting when the engine is cold or it is cool out. If the engine is warm or it is warm out it starts fine and runs great. When cold it takes 7-10 tries to start, turns over fine, almost catches but then dies. Lately I can't get it started in the mornings...