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95 Explorer won't start

scotts1964

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Wallingford, Ct.
Year, Model & Trim Level
'95 XLT
Hi all,
Just found this group and I hope someone can help me. I have been looking through a lot of the previous posts, and have found out a lot of info, but nothing with the same exact symptoms at the same time. I just changed the heater core in my wifes '95 Explorer XLT, got it all back together and now I don't have have any power windows, door locks, seats and no fuel pump power. I didn't remove any connectors except the airbag and center console ones, and when removing the dash (actually just moving it out enough to reach the heater core cover) I left all connectors attached. I now have the dash and steering column back down and the drivers seat unattached, but couldn't find any piched/disconnected or broken wires. I even moved the Power Distribution Box under the hood to see if maybe I pulled some of the small wires in the harness (no luck - yet). I am going to replace the fuel relay with a new one to see if that works for that problem anyway. Are these 2 systems (door/seat/window control and fuel pump) connected in any way, or does this sound like unrelated problems - I don't get how I could pull it into the garage to change the heater core, and now I have these problems that seem totally unrelated. Could there be some kind of anti-theft that I don't know about - it has a key fob, but when we got it almost three years ago it didn't work and we never fixed it and I replaced the motor about three months ago and have not had any problems with it. I already reset the inertia switch twice, but have not checked for power to it with a test light yet. That will be my next plan of action, but I was hoping someone has already been down this road and could give me a quick/obvious fix that I am missing. The truck has been down almost a week now and my wife really needs it fixed. Thanks in advance

Scott
 






Sorry this is in the new member forum, but I tried to post it in the 1995 Explorer forum.

Scott
 






welcome scott
 






O.K. - after a week of disassembly and reassembly twice and chasing down the circuits with a test light, I finally found the problem - at some point in time this truck had been worked on before I got it and they forgot to screw together the square main harness connector under the dash on the drivers side. All the wiggling and moving of the dashboard when I was replacing the heater core must have disconnected it enough to not make contact. It is now running with everything working!! Even if it is something you never did, make sure you check EVERYTHING, not just what you did. Lesson learned I guess. Anyway this is a greta place to find and exchange info and I will definitely be checking back here again if (when) I have another problem.

Scott
 






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