I'm sure I got a short.

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

I'm for sure your right Curious.

That's why I'm going to get those d

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

Oops I didn't mean to post that one yet.
I'm typing while my brother is driving.
I'm going to start rewriting that after I post this one.

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

I'm sure your right Curious.
That's one of the reasons I'm going to have those Diagrams you posted printed out.
I'm dyslexic and with my dyslexia for some reason I can understand reading the diagrams better if I can lay them out on paper in front of me. And line up the wires that coincide with each other and stuff like that.
My brother already gave me $20 to pay for print outs with.

At this point I'm thinking that my ignition switch not the tumbler but the switch the wire into and out might be my problem.
Any thoughts?????

 

[Curious Hound]

Let's not "guess" yet. Guessing prompts you to replace parts that don't need to be replaced. I'll look at the diagrams and try to put together a list of steps for you to take, like "put your test light here. Now put it here, etc."

I'm also very visually oriented. I often draw things out on paper or study the diagrams before I do something. Sometimes tracing a circuit with with a highlighter helps me.

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

Thank you very much Curious .
I will wait for you to get back to me before I do anything to my truck today.
I'm helping my brother today anyways.
He runs a property management company.
With that said he does house maintenance for a bunch of landlords.
So I'm helping him today.
He lets me live in one of his houses for free so the least I can do is help him out every now and then.

 

[pjtoledo]

if you're going to pay for prints at UPS or where ever you may want to consider getting a manual on Ebay.
a few dollars more but may be worth it. you can later sell it to recoup some of the cost.
don't forget a local library, some have good manuals or online services to manuals.
don't bother with Chiltons or Hayes.

several years ago I had a similar failure on a 92 Ford, no power to various modules.
that turned out to be corrosion inside one of the splices. find the splices and give the wires a mild pull. at least that's free.


on Ebay search for "1994 Ford ranger wiring diagram"

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

Thanks for the advice PJ I'll look into it later when I can.

Thanks to you too Curious.
I forgot to add my thanks to you in my last post.

 

[Curious Hound]

Thanks for the advice PJ I'll look into it later when I can.

Thanks to you too Curious.
I forgot to add my thanks to you in my last post.

If you go that route, this is what you're looking for. Way back when our trucks were built, Ford called it the EVTM - electrical.and vacuum troubleshooting manual.

 

[rumblecloud]

Here is what a '94 EVTM looks like:

 

[bobbywalter]

so i finally got to go home. first chance to check board. will not be sniffing around much till after Tues.

are you near dayton?.... how far from lima?

i may need to go to lima but wont know till Tuesday

 

[Curious Hound]

To begin with; we need to check a couple basic things.

1. Clip your test lead ground to battery negative or a good, clean (bare, unpainted metal) ground point on the engine block or truck body somewhere close to where you're working. Leave it there for all these tests. Do not disconnect your battery leads. Now, touch your probe point to both sides of the EEC power fuse, like I showed in the video. This is a fairly large, 30 amp fuse in the engine compartment fuse/relay box. Shown in the lower left corner in the diagram below. You should have power on both sides of that fuse. If not, replace it and see if the truck starts.

2. With the key in the "run" position, we need to check for power on pin 8 at your ICM. If needed, disconnect the ICM connector so you can touch the probe to the pin inside (the harness side of the connector, not the ICM side). Don't not force the probe into the connector. You could bend the contacts and cause a loose connection later. Just touch it long enough to ensure you have power there. If there IS power. This means the PCM power relay works and your red wire is good to the ICM. If not, we need to figure out why - probably a bad PCM relay. Plug the connector back onto the ICM.

3. Next, check for power at the ignition coil. You should have 12 volts on the red/light green wire at the coil. Again, if needed, you can unplug the connector to touch your probe to the contacts in the harness side of the connector. If you have power there, good. If not, we must find out why. The ICM works by interrupting the ground side of the coil circuits when commanded to do so. This generates the spark signal to the spark plugs.

If you do NOT have power at the coil with the key on (run or start positions), then we need to trace back to the ignition switch and find the problem. That power comes through the ignition switch from a 60amp fuse in the engine compartment fuse/relay box, lower right corner. You can check that fuse the same way we checked the 30amp fuse earlier.

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

I jumped into the forum to get a look at what's been said while I was helping my brother to do his punch out list on the house he's reworking after the last tenant moved out so it will be ready for new tenants to move in.
He hates painting and I kinda like painting. So that's what I've been doing so far today.
On our way to Home Depot now.

I know the coil has power to it, for sure.
I will try those other tests once I get home.

I'm in Dayton.
My house is about 3 miles east from downtown Dayton.
My truck is at my brother's house and that's about 2 miles east of downtown Dayton.

Okay at depot so I got to get back to work for a few more minutes.

Thanks you guys once again for all the help.

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

So Bobby to answer your question Google says that Lima is 73. 9 miles away from Dayton. So drive time would be about a little over an hour.
Depending on how fast you drive.

Okay got to get back to work.

Talk to you guys later.

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

Well guys I worked so late with my brother today all I was able to do with my truck once I got to his house was to turn it around and put it in the parking spot he's letting me use better.
He has 06 or 07 F-150 so using his truck to push mine around was a piece of cake.
It was about 25 minutes ago. So it was dark and getting late along with snowing so I didn't even try to do anything with my truck. I hate to say.

The best part of my day was that my brother able to add to the $20 he gave me this morning with another $180.00 so I will be able to pay all my electricity bill. For the house I'm living at and some of the gas bill as well.
And I was able to make the money painting which is something I somewhat like to do.

Going to go back tomorrow and help him do some other stuff that needs done. I know it will not be painting however because I finished that today.

I do know however that he has a friend that he's going to introduce me to that most likely needs a half shaft changed on some kind of vehicle or other tomorrow.
At least from what the guy said on the phone made it sound like he needs a half shaft changed.
I'll see tomorrow.
If it is a half shaft job I will be able to do that without having to ask anyone any questions. Because I know how to do that already.

I'm sure hoping I will be able to at least try a few tests with my truck tomorrow however.

At the least I know I will be able to work on my truck on Monday.
My brother's girlfriend is having a C-section to have their kid so my brother will be with her instead of working.
I will be dog sitting though.
But the dogs so cool and layed back i will be able to work on my truck easy.

So once again thanks for the posts and giving me a few more things to test Curious.
I did not even think to use the kiss method.
Keep
It
Simple
Stupid
I most likely would have never tested any actual fuses.
But now that you pointed it out that I should, I'm sitting here cussing myself out for not thinking of it before.

Also thanks to Curious and Rumble for the pictures of the EVTM books.
I'm going to look for one on Amazon before I check eBay.
Thanks again to PJ for the advice on buying one of the books in the first place.

Sorry for writing another book again guys.

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

So I figured out that my phone is a
Moto g style 5G - 2023.
And my brother has me on a Cricket phone plan.
With that said can anyone tell me how to add already existing pictures from my phone into my forum posts?
I got one of my brother's dog I would like to post.