pmcdon
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- 1997 Explorer 5.0 AWD
I am having a wiring short problem with my 97 explorer. The car died on my wife while driving it so she had it towed back. I checked the fuel pump and couldn't hear it running. So i swapped the relay with a known good one in the PCM and still nothing. Checked the fuse and sure enough, blown. So I swapped it with another one in the PCM and as soon and it made contact it arced. So I pulled the relay replaced the fuse and then put the relay back in and tried to start but nothing. Checked the fuse, and blown again. I traced the wireing haness from the PCM to the inertia switch back throught the firewall and then under the truck along the frame. couldn't find any evidence of wear or a short. I replaced it with my last fuse and it held out and the truck started just fine but started running a little rough. About a week has gone by and today it blew the fuse again. I tried swapping i out and it blew instantly. I climbed underneath and wiggled the wire along the rail and replaced the fuse and it started fine. Drove 3 miles and as I'm pulling into the driveway, it blew the fuse again. This time the first fuse replacement got it started again, but I tried to jiggle the wire along the frame to make it trip and it wouldn't.
I'm hoping that there is a common short in the wireing system for the fuel pump. Any help would be much appreciated as this is the only vehicle to transport my kids to school in.
Thank you
I'm hoping that there is a common short in the wireing system for the fuel pump. Any help would be much appreciated as this is the only vehicle to transport my kids to school in.
Thank you