Recent content by pax

All of the goodies for the ecu-b is pretty much right under the windshield on the driver side that you describe. It takes only a drop of water to short the system out. My money is still on the windshield leaking, it's the most common denominator here and the simplest answer which is normally...

Hey E-Bob, You had your windshield replaced before the problems started or it got cracked? It's rains and you get an electrical short, you got leak some where along the edge of the windshield. That is the first place I look at. Fix the leak, and the problems should go away. You can get a...

The primary ground for that system should be coming out of that fuse box and bolted to the body in the engine compartment. The center console comes out real easy. Just remove the cup holder section (upward with the box lid open), next the shifter cover and then the center console comes right...

Mine does the very same thing, has to be designed. Same year and version. I don't pay much attention to it anymore but I remember if the revs get to around 3500 it will shift.

I think that I found the problem. Combination of two things made this problem much worst than it should have been. The primary problem was caused by using some of that real cheap vinyl tape that I used years ago that the adhesive broke down on the clock harness system. I may have even...

Thanks Durk. Yeah I am having to disconnect the battery if the truck isn't going to run for a couple hours so I am resetting the ecu everyday at min.. Battery was discharging faster than I restarting it. LOL...I got to find this "critter" soon, I am having dreams about millimeters and...

Update I had to take the rig to the state emissions for my annual test. I really wanted to find my short before I went there but today was the last day. I ran the engine for a good 35 miles (city and highway) and close to an hour before I went to get tested so I hoped there was going to be...

LOL...I restarted the truck and took a couple measurements, shut down took another amp reading and I am sitting at 7.5 amps again. Atleast I am not at 9.5 again. Nothing is broken (not working) or even to close to malfunctioning so I'll keep trying. Yeah Mudd., everything is suspect. At...

Since you got to put it into a container, why not just take it to one of the national auto parts places. Most of them take it for free and it then is recycled.

I think about a skid plate and set of "driving" lights. I remember the stock lighting used to drive me crazy on wet nights on my unit. Skid plate good for protecting the underside from the trash and road kill bouncing up.

I just went back out to work some more and the drain is down to 4.6 amps. I am thinking it has got to be moisture related. I had to get the windshield replaced this summer, I wondering if it is not completely dried in?

Hey Durk, When I pull the two ECU fuses the reading doesn't change but the odd thing today is the amps have gone down to 7 amps. Weather conditions have changed, it has not rained around here in 24 which is a first since I noticed the problem. That kind of makes me think about grounds and...

Ran the heat trick on the starter motor last night....just as cool as everything else. Start going throught fuse box again looking for voltage and what the amps were if there was power. The ECU B fuse has around 9 volts but about 6.5 amps with ign. switch in the locked position. That just...

Thanks Durk. I think you put me on the right track here. It is so easy to look at a problem so hard that the simple things escape and are over looked. The xm radio would explode if it had 9 amps running through it. It is just a little samsung helix which is about the size of a credit card...

Sound system is a XM radio I plug into the cassette player on the stock system and a cb that I disconnected already. Yeah I got bought the cutoff switch this morning...been raining around here all day. Going to save that for tomorrow's addition. Thanks