Hey y'all,
Been fighting an electrical problem with my 250 for the better part of a month. I put new injectors in my truck, went to fire it up, and saw smoke pouring from my solenoid. When I had put the glow plug relocator with my Banks kit back in, the two thick brown wires had just barely managed to touch an injector line, causing a short. Didn't see any thing wrong with it until I went to put some more diesel in the truck. Gauges work going into town, filled both tanks, and then the gauges wouldn't work the whole way back. Got home and realized I had blown the number 18 fuse.
Now during my diagnosis, I found some interesting quirks. If you set the key to run without starting it, the gauges work fine. Setting the key to the start position and cranking the truck will immediately blow the fuse. If you start the truck and then add a fuse, the gauge's work fine and the fuse survives.
I have no idea what to look for, electrical work was never my friend. Anybody got any wiring diagrams showing the engine bay and its connection to the fuse block? I found a couple for gassers but they don't seem to intermix. Or on the off chance one of y'all has had something similar happen in the past, what's the best solution? I'm halfway to putting a switched source into the power right before the fuse and switching it off when cranking .
Any help is appreciated,
Thanks and Merry Christmas!
Been fighting an electrical problem with my 250 for the better part of a month. I put new injectors in my truck, went to fire it up, and saw smoke pouring from my solenoid. When I had put the glow plug relocator with my Banks kit back in, the two thick brown wires had just barely managed to touch an injector line, causing a short. Didn't see any thing wrong with it until I went to put some more diesel in the truck. Gauges work going into town, filled both tanks, and then the gauges wouldn't work the whole way back. Got home and realized I had blown the number 18 fuse.
Now during my diagnosis, I found some interesting quirks. If you set the key to run without starting it, the gauges work fine. Setting the key to the start position and cranking the truck will immediately blow the fuse. If you start the truck and then add a fuse, the gauge's work fine and the fuse survives.
I have no idea what to look for, electrical work was never my friend. Anybody got any wiring diagrams showing the engine bay and its connection to the fuse block? I found a couple for gassers but they don't seem to intermix. Or on the off chance one of y'all has had something similar happen in the past, what's the best solution? I'm halfway to putting a switched source into the power right before the fuse and switching it off when cranking .
Any help is appreciated,
Thanks and Merry Christmas!