2008 250 owners- possible short circuit issue
 

I was looking under the hood last night on my 08 250 with the 5.4 and found the main wiring harness on the drivers' side was rubbing on the upper front shock absorber bolt and had almost worn through the insulation right by the 'y' where the harness splits. It is held there by a plastic piece that secures the harness to a bracket, but that piece also pushes it against the shock bolt so check your sh.. and see if this is a common problem or is it just on my truck. Glad I caught that, it could have caused all kinds of problems a few weeks down the road, sometimes those failures can be hard to trace down.

Thanks for the info, Will check , and let you know if I find the same. Have a nice holiday...:-partybud


Slim_Dowg

I doubt the wires would be in the same location for the oil burners but I will check just to make sure!

I checked the driver's side shock bolt location you mentioned on my 2010 SuperDuty. I saw what you are talking about on how close it is. I did notice on my truck they installed a rubber boot on the bolt from the shock, preventing any chafting.

Slim_Dowg

i will check my '08 trow, thanks for the heads up !

sorry, i meant i will check my " '08 tomorrow"

Thats o.k., have another for us.

i checked mine, the harness is about an inch away, mine also has a boot installed on the shock bolt.

well on mine the harness appears to run in the same general area, close to the top of shock but mine is not rubbing.

So it would appear that maybe the general routing on the PSD is the same.

I had replaced my shocks with kyb's so maybe the studs are a little taller, but not by much though. Should still be an area of concern though for others to check.