[oldeguy]

Just a small update. I haven't had time to work on the car, my wife is in the hospital. Today, I went out and just for a joke, I tried to start it. Eveything looked normal, all the idiot lights came on, the fuel pump primed....but then, the pump started to sound like it was going on and off, on and off as long as I kept the key in the accessory mode, or tried to start it. Also, the little red security light would blink, very very fast, while trying to start the car. The car, while I had the key in the on position, would try to start, and sounded like it wanted to start, but either wasn't getting any spark, or wasn't getting any fuel. If I get time tomorrow, I'm going to disconnect the battery, which seems to be holding, and see if I can reset the computer, and do the check of computer when it is reconnected.
I have just a couple of questions that maybe someone can help me with.
1) Is there a way for the do it yourselfer to check to see if the computer is fried? by using a scan tool. I don't want to take it to Ford unless I really have to.
2) Is the PCM and the ECM the same thing? The car's computer ( I know, it's a dumb question, but, if I was really smart, I would know the meaning of life )