starter wire broke
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starter wire broke
and shorted out my truck (2001 7.3). It shut down in the middle of the road. I got it out of the road, but now all my gagues are going crazy and still want start after I replaced the wire. Anyone have an idea of what the short might have damaged?
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You broke the red wire at the lower left of this diagram?
http://www.e-toolbox.com/ads/wiring/va131441.pdf
That's hooked directly to the battery, and it most likely caused smoke, as it had to be drawing LOTS of current!
Check the state of battery charge first, and charge them if necessary.
The wiring diagram should help you figure this one out.
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http://www.e-toolbox.com/ads/wiring/va131441.pdf
That's hooked directly to the battery, and it most likely caused smoke, as it had to be drawing LOTS of current!
Check the state of battery charge first, and charge them if necessary.
The wiring diagram should help you figure this one out.
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i'll charge them up in the morning and post results. Right now when i turn the key on everything turns on then the instrument panel just goes crazy and i can here the glowplug relay steady clicking.
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The clicking usually happens with low or dead batteries. If you had that wire fall off and ground out you really sucked down those batteries. Hopefully it didn't kill them completely. Was anything on the batteries or the cables running to them melted? I'd take a look at the ground wires too. There are two large ones that bolt to the engine itself. One runs down from the drivers side and the other comes from the passenger side.
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Took the batteries to autozone and they wouldn't even take a charge of course i missed they one year warrIanty by one month, but after the prorate i got them both for 40$. I put the new batteries in and she cranked right up. I am kinda leary of the starter wire i bought it's only about half as big as the one that broke. Thanks for all they help guys
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Corrosion?
Salt damage?
Have you checked and cleaned the ground cables, battery terminals?
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