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Old 04-14-2008, 12:32 PM
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Shorted something out in my truck.

Long story short, I was wrapping up my 5spd swap and got to the electrical part of the mess. I am still using the auto ecu, when I was jumping wires on the park switch to see which combo was needed to start, something shorted out and now I just get a battery light on the dash and no other lights. The windows do not work, locks, radio, lights all work though. I checked relays and fuses I could find, but they all checked out all right. Does anyone have any ideas on what this could be. ......This is all before I got the idea to just take the park switch off the auto trans and lock it into position temporarily so that I could still drive my truck.
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If you've verified you have voltage at the EFI fuse, voltage past that to the main relay, that the relay works, and that voltage then gets to the ECU....then, I believe you've pooched the ECU. (No CEL light would indicate either no voltage to the ECU or that it's no longer working.)
Old 04-14-2008, 01:59 PM
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yep. that was my suspicions too. thanks for the post...im burnt out after doing the whole swap in a day.
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Sorry to hear that. When you refreshened your spirits a bit, go ahead and test the ECU for voltage and at the ignition terminals....(#10-EO1 and #20-EO2 w/ ignition switch on). The ECU procedure is in the FSM ( http://personal.utulsa.edu/~nathan-b...e/102engin.pdf )...uh, there...

If it fails the testing, look around the YT classifieds. I found a good used one for my '92......$50.

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