ok. ill keep the long story short. basically, my friend has a 91 ram van 350. he asked me to do a tuneup (i do these all the time, so i didnt see a problem with it). anyway, first thing i notice was a wiring nightmare under the engine cover. many wires has been spliced, and there was a sensor (coolant temp maybe) that had no connector! i looked at the plug boots and they were shot to hell! most plug wires were loose enoguh to fall into my hands. and the coil was soaked in oil! nonetheless, the thing started up! it died 30 seconds later. when i tried again, it just cranked over and over, but wouldnt catch on. tune up begins.
new plugs, wires, coil, cap and rotor, cleaned some grounds, tightened down distributor bolt, cleaned and retwisted coil wires (hacked as well). changed oil and filter.
checked codes, and i got 12 and 24. i also noticed that either the tps (top right side of TB) or the sensor below that one (have no idea what it is), has no connector! the tps (if that is what it is) had hacked wires too. nonetheless i gave it a shot. there is also a connector in the engine bay, very near the firewall, looks like a relay goes to it. but which relay? starter maybe? but then why did it crank and start before? argh~!
turn key...nothing. no crank, nothing. just dead. the same codes apppeared in the check engine light. so i cleared them according to haynes. again, nothing. i gave up for now.
at least before it was trying to start. now, nothing. i rechecked all wiring. what was replaced was not complicated. even if plug wires were crossed, that would only make starting difficult, not even getting 1 crank, no? i read archives, so i know it can be a lot of things, or it can be something very simple. for example, the coil doesnt have a bracket. so i just kind tucked it behind some plug wires sitting on the valvecover. should it be hanging? battery seems ok, as it worked before. ok. sorry for the long story. help!!!!!!!!!!!
o yea..i tapped the starter solenoid,nothing.
new plugs, wires, coil, cap and rotor, cleaned some grounds, tightened down distributor bolt, cleaned and retwisted coil wires (hacked as well). changed oil and filter.
checked codes, and i got 12 and 24. i also noticed that either the tps (top right side of TB) or the sensor below that one (have no idea what it is), has no connector! the tps (if that is what it is) had hacked wires too. nonetheless i gave it a shot. there is also a connector in the engine bay, very near the firewall, looks like a relay goes to it. but which relay? starter maybe? but then why did it crank and start before? argh~!
turn key...nothing. no crank, nothing. just dead. the same codes apppeared in the check engine light. so i cleared them according to haynes. again, nothing. i gave up for now.
at least before it was trying to start. now, nothing. i rechecked all wiring. what was replaced was not complicated. even if plug wires were crossed, that would only make starting difficult, not even getting 1 crank, no? i read archives, so i know it can be a lot of things, or it can be something very simple. for example, the coil doesnt have a bracket. so i just kind tucked it behind some plug wires sitting on the valvecover. should it be hanging? battery seems ok, as it worked before. ok. sorry for the long story. help!!!!!!!!!!!
o yea..i tapped the starter solenoid,nothing.