87linclsc
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- 2001
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- Ford Ranger
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I've never been very good with electrical. The noticable symptoms are... no radio, no right front side running light, no left front turn signal, and the blower motor is intermittent. All these problems, with exception of the marker light started at the same time a couple weeks ago.
Ive checked the fuses and the only one that was blown was the 20 amp fuse in 29 (radio) in the interior. I replaced it and the radio worked until i turned the ignition off. It's still hot & hasn't blown again. So I've used a probe on the panels in the cab and under the hood and decided i should get a new probe because i couldn't believe what it was showing...
Here's what i got showing connection to ground. The rest are hot...
With the motor running
Interior panel: 3, 7, 24, 28, 33
Engine bay: 30, 43 (both of these show hot when the headlights, which work fine, are on)
With the motor off
Interior panel: 2, 3, 7, 14, 16, 19, 20, 33
24 & 28 show nothing
Engine bay: 44, 30 & 43 (same as running)
What's throwing me off is none of them are blowing... the truck is almost 20 yrs old and has 170k on it, so i can accept the blower motor being unrelated. I've checked all exposed wiring, short of pulling the dash... no breaks. I'm sorry if this is on here already, but I've searched all over. Before i start pulling the truck apart i figured I'd see if it was something stupid like my fuse block being bad or something.
Thanks
Ive checked the fuses and the only one that was blown was the 20 amp fuse in 29 (radio) in the interior. I replaced it and the radio worked until i turned the ignition off. It's still hot & hasn't blown again. So I've used a probe on the panels in the cab and under the hood and decided i should get a new probe because i couldn't believe what it was showing...
Here's what i got showing connection to ground. The rest are hot...
With the motor running
Interior panel: 3, 7, 24, 28, 33
Engine bay: 30, 43 (both of these show hot when the headlights, which work fine, are on)
With the motor off
Interior panel: 2, 3, 7, 14, 16, 19, 20, 33
24 & 28 show nothing
Engine bay: 44, 30 & 43 (same as running)
What's throwing me off is none of them are blowing... the truck is almost 20 yrs old and has 170k on it, so i can accept the blower motor being unrelated. I've checked all exposed wiring, short of pulling the dash... no breaks. I'm sorry if this is on here already, but I've searched all over. Before i start pulling the truck apart i figured I'd see if it was something stupid like my fuse block being bad or something.
Thanks