lumbee1
Native American
A week and a half ago coming home from a friends house, the Cruiser suddenly died on me when I made a right hand turn. There was no stuttering or anything. I rolled to a stop and tried to start it again. It cranks but never fires. It was dark and I couldn't see that well. I called AAA and they towed me the full 1/4 mile to my home.
I've checked the EFI relay and the Fuel Pump relay with new units. I've carefully removed the "factory" alarm and installed a new fusible link. There were no signs the fusible link was burnt or bad. The truck started immediately however after driving less than 50 yards, I made a right hand turn and it died again.
I had a friend pull the Cruiser back home so I could begin testing. I examined both the original fusible link and the new fusible link. The AM2 link (gray connector) was blown on both of them.
I ordered a new DMM to test the ignition coil. Initially I thought I had my smoking gun when the coil tested bad on both the primary and secondary coils. I ordered a new coil that arrived today only to find out the new DMM is bad and not the coil. Now I have a trail spare and I've got to get another DMM.
I know that most shorts occur due to the EGR pipe burning a hole in the harness and shorting the wires. I removed my EGR pipe in 2017 and my harness looks great with the factory wrapping still on it.
I need some ideas on what to check next.
I have the 96 FSM and I'm looking over it now.
I've checked the EFI relay and the Fuel Pump relay with new units. I've carefully removed the "factory" alarm and installed a new fusible link. There were no signs the fusible link was burnt or bad. The truck started immediately however after driving less than 50 yards, I made a right hand turn and it died again.
I had a friend pull the Cruiser back home so I could begin testing. I examined both the original fusible link and the new fusible link. The AM2 link (gray connector) was blown on both of them.
I ordered a new DMM to test the ignition coil. Initially I thought I had my smoking gun when the coil tested bad on both the primary and secondary coils. I ordered a new coil that arrived today only to find out the new DMM is bad and not the coil. Now I have a trail spare and I've got to get another DMM.
I know that most shorts occur due to the EGR pipe burning a hole in the harness and shorting the wires. I removed my EGR pipe in 2017 and my harness looks great with the factory wrapping still on it.
I need some ideas on what to check next.
I have the 96 FSM and I'm looking over it now.
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