1987 Econoline
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1987 Econoline
I really need all your help. I just finished an overhaul on a 87 F150 Econlonline van. It ran soooo good for a day then died and would not start. I found that a fuseable link wire coming off the battery had burned. I replaced it with a in line fuse and put in a 30 amp. Again it ran for one day and blew the fuse. I then stripped all the wires back in the harness and found that it went to a small brown relay right next to the computer on in inside under the dash.I checked all wires and re-taped everything, dropped in another fuse and it has run for about 2 weeks and yesterday blew the fuse again and will not start again even with a new fuse. I rand my diag. tester and it says everything is fine. What could possibly be the problem?
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did you reconnect ALL the ground sraps when you installed the motor? all the ground straps are there for a reason. a friend did a rebuild and took all of them off that connect to the body. the next weekend i checked on him and he was having similar probs. we hooked all the grounds back up and it worked fine after. also, check the wire loom for spots that could have been smashed when reinstalling the motor.
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Yep, fuel is flowing and all wires and grounds have been checked. There is just that on single wire that keeps blowing the fuse. I am not totally sure where it goes after the brown relay but it makes it so that there is no spark. I think I might just have to break down and for the first time in my life, take it to some body else.
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1987 Econoline
I can't really remember but I think there is a green and a brown relay box down there where the computer gizmo is located. There has to be a way to trace where the brown wire goes, and like the other fella mentioned there could be a smushed wire from horsin the engine around in that confined space.. Don't give up yet!:-)
