Need Help!

[deweyville65]

Now the windows won't go up and the fuse pops the second you turn the key. No after market stereo so no ideas. We are at our wits end with this truck.

This may sound stupid and a lot of work but. Try pulling all the fuses, noting which ones came from where. Reinstall one at a time until you find which circuit blows the 30 amp fuse. But, I would try the main battery cable to the starter solenoid too.

 

[96eb96]

Do you have a good wiring diagram? That 30Amp fuse feeds a few actuators. Something could be shorted out.

 

[Tony's Girl]

Something very similar happened to my kids car right after we bought it. Dead. As. A. Door. Nail.

One of the big 30A fuses popped. So, there was a spare in the box which popped about 45 seconds after we started the car. Until then it ran like a top.

Then I remembered he had vacuumed the entire car (his first car!) and asked me about some wires he found under the carpet. A couple of speaker wires, a big, fat power cable, and some others we didn't trace. Signs of an aftermarket stereo that had been removed. So I checked the wires, and lo and behold, the power cable was touching the floorpan, and the electrical tape had come off. The fuse was slow-blow which is why it didn't blow when the power was switched on.

I'd nose around looking for that sort of thing.

My son thinks he has found our problem! The hot wire to the PCM fuse was grounding out on the frame just under the evaporator box. The insulation had been stripped away but the wires are good. Hoping this solves everything! Thanks Bobmbx! Different problem but along the same lines!

 

[koda2000]

well, i guess you're finding out why the previous owner sold it, but as long as you got a good price on it and the problems get fixed, all is good. i had a similar experience on a '00 Mountaineer i bought last fall. i got a really good price on it because the previous owner was having problems with it, but a few hundred dollars (pulse a lot of my labor) have it straightened out and it's now one of our best vehicles.

 

[Bobmbx]

My son thinks he has found our problem! The hot wire to the PCM fuse was grounding out on the frame just under the evaporator box. The insulation had been stripped away but the wires are good. Hoping this solves everything! Thanks Bobmbx! Different problem but along the same lines!

Fingers crossed!

 

[Tony's Girl]

All fixed and it rides like a dream! Yahoo!!!

 

[bustedknucles]

sounds like a busted wire from grounding out, check high friction areas, also if there was any sign of mice(smart mice ONLY sleep in Ford's) Bare wires will slowly arc and can lead to big problems and strange haunted things happening. That's why mice are varmints