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Subject:Re: STRANDED
From:OlRivrRat
Date:Wed, 2 Apr 2014 09:19:20 -0600

TJ

        So very sorry to hear about all your BadHappenings ~ Lets hope things will get better ~ Check to make sure you are getting 12Vs to the BlackBox above the Coil with KeyOn & if yes then replace those 2 Relays inside it ~ 1 sends power to the ECU & the other sends power to the FuelPump ~ Either of those can prevent a Eng'Start ~ But I doubt that either of those would cause any of your other symptoms ~ With all of the other weird stuff that is going on I would SwapIn a new IgnitionSwitch 1st&Foremost ~

                                                                                                        ORR ~ DeanB
On 1 Apr , 2014, at 2:51 PM, TJ Hemrick wrote:

> All,
>  As if losing most of what we own from a house fire last Tuesday wasn't
> enough, now my transportation has come to a dead stop. 87 automatic, had
> some starting issues which (now) I see Kay have been some loose connections
> at the starter AND a broken wire (which was probably just a few strands of
> copper most of the past 2 weeks. Anyhow, I was idling, shifted to R AMD the
> engine went dead stop.  No power to 4-ways or anything else. Lights on dash
> DO come on but so does the green turn indicator light and it's on steady if
> the key is turned. Very weird.  Relay 21 on the panel cycles about every 10
> seconds with the ignition off and not at all with the key turned.  Any
> hidden fuses or fusible links I might be overlooking?  All other fuses look
> good but I'll check again.  Never been stuck this bad and no clues.