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Old Dec 6, 2011 | 05:18 PM
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Lol already printed and on tomorrow's agenda lol
Stay focused on that tomorrow. Do you have some good electronics cleaner? I've got another quick project for ya.
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Old Dec 6, 2011 | 06:06 PM
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I have brake cleaner and a wire brush lol
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Old Dec 6, 2011 | 06:06 PM
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Originally Posted by cruiser54

Stay focused on that tomorrow. Do you have some good electronics cleaner? I've got another quick project for ya.
:-D don't forget dielectric grease!
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Old Dec 6, 2011 | 06:32 PM
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Close enough.I prefer an electronics cleaner but just doing the job is better than not, so go for it.
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Old Dec 8, 2011 | 03:38 PM
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Well I fallowed all of those steps and still have some problems, I also changed this part


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Vacuum harness (Autozone $53 for both front and back, part numbers 64003 and 64004)

And I am still having idle problems and oil pressure problems, video link attached

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FoGT...e_gdata_player
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Old Dec 8, 2011 | 06:26 PM
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My next suggestion is to unplug every connector you see in the engine bay, spray it out with the cleaner, then add some dielectric grease and plug it back in.
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Old Dec 9, 2011 | 01:04 AM
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Originally Posted by cruiser54
My next suggestion is to unplug every connector you see in the engine bay, spray it out with the cleaner, then add some dielectric grease and plug it back in.
When I unplugged these 2 wires on the driver side from this white ivory looking module the engine sounder perfect then died. What part is that and it is really dirty and the wires looked beat to hell
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Old Dec 9, 2011 | 03:54 AM
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If it's about 3" long and 3/4" wide, with a wire plugged into each end it's your fuel pump ballast resistor. A pic would be good.
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Old Dec 9, 2011 | 04:42 AM
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Originally Posted by cruiser54
If it's about 3" long and 3/4" wide, with a wire plugged into each end it's your fuel pump ballast resistor. A pic would be good.
Ya just googled that and its a fuel pump ballast resistor. I drove her to work and she go there but dies out when I stop and power problems when I have my fogs on.

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Fuel pump wiring beat to Hell. You can hook those two wires directly together and see what happens. As cruiser says most if the time these things are ground or wiring/connection problems.
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Originally Posted by Slick761
Fuel pump wiring beat to Hell. You can hook those two wires directly together and see what happens. As cruiser says most if the time these things are ground or wiring/connection problems.
Sound advice here. Bypass the ballast resistor and just hook the 2 wires together. The resistor is only there to quiet down the fuel pump.
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Originally Posted by cruiser54

Sound advice here. Bypass the ballast resistor and just hook the 2 wires together. The resistor is only there to quiet down the fuel pump.
I have done that and still have issues. Here is a video of the engine again. I hear a either a vacuum leak or air pressure from somewhere

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbRA...e_gdata_player

I hope its nothing major. I may just buy a whole new wires harness for the engine bay and replace all the wires
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Get a can of throttle body cleaner and spray all around the intake side of the engine for vacuum leaks. You'll know when you spray one...

As for the wiring, do the "wiggle test". With the engine running, wiggle the harness between the firewall and #1 injector in 6" sections at a time.
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Originally Posted by cruiser54
Get a can of throttle body cleaner and spray all around the intake side of the engine for vacuum leaks. You'll know when you spray one...

As for the wiring, do the "wiggle test". With the engine running, wiggle the harness between the firewall and #1 injector in 6" sections at a time.
Where do u live? I'll pay ya to help me out lol
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Old Dec 10, 2011 | 08:50 AM
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You and many others are more qualified than me to spray TB cleaner and wiggle wires. Go for it.
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