88 Bronco 2 electrical problem

[toddinav]

1988 4X4 Bronco 2, 2.9 engine V-6 EFI

Here's my problem: I was trying to charge a dead battery, with the car running I installed the dead battery, ran engine for 15 min, then drove 1/4 mile and truck completely died. Tried starting engine, nothing. Swapped back to my good battery and have no power(headlights, dash, starter) checked fuses under steering and changed starter solenoid..still no power

Good battery and connections

Please help

 

[miesk5]

1988 4X4 Bronco 2, 2.9 engine V-6 EFIHere's my problem: I was trying to charge a dead battery, with the car running I installed the dead battery, ran engine for 15 min, then drove 1/4 mile and truck completely died. Tried starting engine, nothing. Swapped back to my good battery and have no power(headlights, dash, starter) checked fuses under steering and changed starter solenoid..still no power

Good battery and connections

Please help

Check all Grounds from batty to engine manifold to frame to firewall, etc.

Test alternator....fusible links

Alternator check is because unfortunately, worse thing that can be done is to use an alt as a batty charger

last is fusible links...The fusible link is a short length of special, Hypalon (high temperature) insulated wire, integral with the engine compartment wiring harness and should not be confused with standard wire. It is several wire gauges smaller than the circuit which it protects. Under no circumstances should a fuse link replacement repair be made using a length of standard wire cut from bulk stock or from another wiring harness.

The fusible links are located near the starter solenoid and shares the terminal with the battery-to-starter solenoid cable.

by Chilton via http://www.autozone.com/az/cds/en_us/09008...irInfoPages.htm

Test this section for Voltage (at fender mtd relay (solenoid)

Also see the wiring diagrams by Chilton (but as Seabronc has cited, some of these are not correct all da time); such as Figure 3; it shows at least one fus. link...don't have time on this crappy laptop to look for more....batty is gone..

GL!

 

[jaminjimlp]

Check all Grounds from batty to engine manifold to frame to firewall, etc.
Test alternator....fusible links

Alternator check is because unfortunately, worse thing that can be done is to use an alt as a batty charger

last is fusible links...The fusible link is a short length of special, Hypalon (high temperature) insulated wire, integral with the engine compartment wiring harness and should not be confused with standard wire. It is several wire gauges smaller than the circuit which it protects. Under no circumstances should a fuse link replacement repair be made using a length of standard wire cut from bulk stock or from another wiring harness.

The fusible links are located near the starter solenoid and shares the terminal with the battery-to-starter solenoid cable.

by Chilton via http://www.autozone.com/az/cds/en_us/09008...irInfoPages.htm

Test this section for Voltage (at fender mtd relay (solenoid)

Also see the wiring diagrams by Chilton (but as Seabronc has cited, some of these are not correct all da time); such as Figure 3; it shows at least one fus. link...don't have time on this crappy laptop to look for more....batty is gone..

GL!

would a slow blow fuse work?

a year or 2 ago i repaired one with regular wire in my daughters s10 ,witch is now mine, i told my son-in-law to get some fusible link wire and he said all the parts places told him they don't carry it. i did not check his story out though. i need to get some. i did find out what burnt it out, every time she got out or in she would move the tilt steering and it rubbed though a wire.