NO power to cab after head gasket replacement.

Josh Oldenburg

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I finally got everything back together or so i thought. I went to crank the engine and i have no power to the gauge cluster ignition switch nothing. What did i forget to hook up? I thought i got all the body connectors.
 

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All of them. Lol
Start at the battery and work towards the cab. It could be a simple feed wire from the battery to power distribution box.

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Start at the battery and work towards the cab. It could be a simple feed wire from the battery to power distribution box.

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I think you are right since I don't have any cables going to my driver side battery other than the cable going from the left battery to the right battery

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I think you are right since I don't have any cables going to my driver side battery other than the cable going from the left battery to the right battery

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That's your problem. There should be a wire that bolts to the drivers side positive cable and goes back toward the master cylinder. That is ALL you in cabin power. It won't be as big as the starter battery cable, maybe an 8 or 10 gauge.
 

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Found the wire buried underneath the main harness. Had to pull the battery tray and air filter to find it. Just got done cranking her dead the first time It don't take long to kill those batteries

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I hear the fuel pump running but I am not getting fuel to the engine. Brand new fuel filters and the one on top of the engine is still dry. I assume the one on the frame is too

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You sure the sound is the fuel pump running and not the vacuum pump?
 

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May be a bad pump then - unless you have been working on the fuel system recently and "kinked" a line.
 

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