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- Location
- Mississippi
- Vehicle Year
- 1986
- Make / Model
- Ford
- Engine Size
- 2.9l EFI
- Transmission
- Automatic
I have a 1986 ranger 2wd ext cab witha 2.9l v6. has been running fine lately but i drove home from work today and a few hours after i was going to leave but my truck would not start. battery is good, but when checking it i noticed the black/orange wire going to my solenoid on the passenger fender was burnt up and broke in half ( knew i smelled something when i got in my truck). the wire attaches to the same post of the solenoid as my positive battery cable. it then goes all the way around the motor and through the firewall to the fusebox. having a little bit of electrical knowledge i cut the wire right before the fusebox and checked it for a short to ground. found the wire was shorted to ground on the side connected to fuse box and not shorted on the side that goes to the solenoid. my question is since none of my fuses in the fusebox blew does it mean my fusebox is bad or are there wires spliced off of this one going to other things that arent fused? thnx in advance for any help guys!!
always kick myself for getting too far ahead and being stupid. easy to do with electrical i know. used to work for a ford dealer as a tech doin electrical but been out of it a few years so was a little rusty. but all is well now. hopefully my 86 will hang on a bit longer 
thanx again for help man
