Purple wire or another issue?
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milesengineer
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Re: Purple wire or another issue?
i have taken my 2 ga jumper cables and gone from the battery to ground and the stock neg wire to ground and same results. took a grinder and made a really shiny spot for the ground wires because the frame has some rust on it, still slow crank. since the truck is new to me i am going to check out the factory ground wire an see where it is located on the block, might be on the frame, dunno.
another thing that occured to me today was as the truck was off and the door open i got in and grabbed the steering wheel to lower myself down the dome lights flickered as i moved the wheel. i still dont know what melted in the column though. i will try to tear it down this weekend and see.
i am thinking as wyo that the steering column is acting as a ground, but i am not sure whether its a chassis or ign ground, or for all i know both.
i guess what i need to do is start adding good grounds from the chassis to the frame, frame to the engine and engine to the battery. does that have it all covered?
btw, with the battery in the factory spot it did the exact same thing.
thank you guys for all your input.
i have taken my 2 ga jumper cables and gone from the battery to ground and the stock neg wire to ground and same results. took a grinder and made a really shiny spot for the ground wires because the frame has some rust on it, still slow crank. since the truck is new to me i am going to check out the factory ground wire an see where it is located on the block, might be on the frame, dunno.
another thing that occured to me today was as the truck was off and the door open i got in and grabbed the steering wheel to lower myself down the dome lights flickered as i moved the wheel. i still dont know what melted in the column though. i will try to tear it down this weekend and see.
i am thinking as wyo that the steering column is acting as a ground, but i am not sure whether its a chassis or ign ground, or for all i know both.
i guess what i need to do is start adding good grounds from the chassis to the frame, frame to the engine and engine to the battery. does that have it all covered?
btw, with the battery in the factory spot it did the exact same thing.
thank you guys for all your input.
WyoSyclone
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Re: Purple wire or another issue?
Probably a bad ignition switch then. Be sure and double check the entire length of that purple wire, though.... that could have caused the switch to burn out.
Probably a bad ignition switch then. Be sure and double check the entire length of that purple wire, though.... that could have caused the switch to burn out.
9194 Tornado
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Re: Purple wire or another issue?
Milesengineer, did you locate the source of your electrical issue(s) for the hard start? I know this is an old post but appears to be unresolved.
My 'Mexican' Blazer experienced a similar intermittent issue before it gave up the ghost. It is a running parts vehicle so I did not try to diagnose the problem. Curious what you may have found?
Thanks, Pete
Milesengineer, did you locate the source of your electrical issue(s) for the hard start? I know this is an old post but appears to be unresolved.
My 'Mexican' Blazer experienced a similar intermittent issue before it gave up the ghost. It is a running parts vehicle so I did not try to diagnose the problem. Curious what you may have found?
Thanks, Pete