Lost all power!!
Post Fiend
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From: Blairsville, Pennsylvania
Heat is a bad thing for copper wiring. The heat can travel quite a distance on the conductor and compromise the insulation from the inside in ways and places you cannot see.
Might be wise for you to test your fuse block voltage and compare to the battery voltage. A bad wire or connection can do strange things
Hopefully that is the end of your problems
Cargo Master
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Here should be some interesting reading for you...
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...l-failure.html
Aren't electrical issues fun!
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...l-failure.html
Aren't electrical issues fun!
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Tuned
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From: Evergreen Colorado
So does that mean the ends weren't connected well, or the wire itself was compromised? Did they replace the wire?
Heat is a bad thing for copper wiring. The heat can travel quite a distance on the conductor and compromise the insulation from the inside in ways and places you cannot see.
Might be wise for you to test your fuse block voltage and compare to the battery voltage. A bad wire or connection can do strange things
Hopefully that is the end of your problems
Heat is a bad thing for copper wiring. The heat can travel quite a distance on the conductor and compromise the insulation from the inside in ways and places you cannot see.
Might be wise for you to test your fuse block voltage and compare to the battery voltage. A bad wire or connection can do strange things
Hopefully that is the end of your problems
They claimed it was debris in the connection to the fuse box.
Wire doesn't appear to have been replaced.
Finally got her home last night and will be pulling her into the garage ASAP to go through everything they did.
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Tuned
Joined: Dec 2008
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From: Evergreen Colorado
Here should be some interesting reading for you...
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...l-failure.html
Aren't electrical issues fun!
https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/1...l-failure.html
Aren't electrical issues fun!
Interesting.
I can see a spliced + wire they did coming from my harness and going to this junction. Will look into this.
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I have a 1996 with 7.3 that has no power to anything.
I went around with a test light looking for power and did not have 12 volts at the power distribution box by checking with test light from ground on batt to power wire connection going into power distribution box.
Is power wire lead a fuse able link?
I'm going to pull ground wires to engine and clean them to begin the process of tracing this problem. There is power to starter solenoid but nothing else works and nothing at all happens when key is turned on.
I went around with a test light looking for power and did not have 12 volts at the power distribution box by checking with test light from ground on batt to power wire connection going into power distribution box.
Is power wire lead a fuse able link?
I'm going to pull ground wires to engine and clean them to begin the process of tracing this problem. There is power to starter solenoid but nothing else works and nothing at all happens when key is turned on.
Cargo Master
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Jack, it sounds like you may have already narrowed your issue down. If you don't have voltage at the hot side of the power distribution box then you have lost continuity somewhere in that wire back to the battery. I would hunt that down first before worrying about all the ground straps.
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Have power to everything now.
One caveat here. I have had to replace entire front harness as almost all of the wires were chewed on and beyond repair. Hooked up entire harness and have everything as right as I can think.
The issue now is it will crank but will not deliver fuel. Does this have an in tank fuel pump?
One caveat here. I have had to replace entire front harness as almost all of the wires were chewed on and beyond repair. Hooked up entire harness and have everything as right as I can think.
The issue now is it will crank but will not deliver fuel. Does this have an in tank fuel pump?
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Cargo Master
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There is another forum here that may be able to help you.
1994.5 - 1997 7.3 - 1994.5 - 1997 7.3L Power Stroke Diesel - Ford Truck Enthusiasts Forums
Start a new thread in there. These guys can help you with issues specific to your truck. They are almost as good as we are over here.
1994.5 - 1997 7.3 - 1994.5 - 1997 7.3L Power Stroke Diesel - Ford Truck Enthusiasts Forums
Start a new thread in there. These guys can help you with issues specific to your truck. They are almost as good as we are over here.
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