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no power in cab of 88 broncoII


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so the battery was dead and all i did was take it out and put the one out of my ranger in it.
no i did not hook it up backwards and i can bridge the solenoid and engine turns over. no lights work nothing, i cannot figure it out. what could it be:icon_confused: any takers?
 


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so the battery was dead and all i did was take it out and put the one out of my ranger in it.
no i did not hook it up backwards and i can bridge the solenoid and engine turns over. no lights work nothing, i cannot figure it out. what could it be:icon_confused: any takers?
go check your grounds.
 

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and of course all connections and fuses as well.
 

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Check the yellow wire on the solenoid. That powers the body harness.
 

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figure out which you don't have in the cab: ground or hot
 

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