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by **james-93-12valve** » Mon Sep 28, 2009 9:42 pm

i had a friend turn my truck down and when he test drove it he shifted hard from 3 to 4 and after that my parking brake, abs lights come on and it blink
and my radio cuts off but comes right back on wat does this mean

by **PToombs** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 6:17 pm

He F'ed it up!

Seriously, sounds like a loose wire in the dash or a bad ground. I've never heard of the brake and ABS lights blinking, usually they just come on and stay. The radio cutting out makes me think bad ground.

by **james-93-12valve** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 7:08 pm

PToombs wrote:He F'ed it up!

Seriously, sounds like a loose wire in the dash or a bad ground. I've never heard of the brake and ABS lights blinking, usually they just come on and stay. The radio cutting out makes me think bad ground.

where would the bad ground be in the dash or wat

by **skilletky** » Tue Sep 29, 2009 10:29 pm

does yer shut off solenoid still work or are you part of the pull cable club? when my solenoid quite, i left the power wire hooked to it. one day i turned the pump down to let a friend borrow the truck and knocked the wire loose. it would short out when i hit a bump and caused the same problem you have. it finally grounded out and set the wire harness by the batt on fire :sad:

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by **james-93-12valve** » Wed Sep 30, 2009 5:42 pm

yes it still works

by **Mark Nixon** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 8:46 pm

Under the dash, around the ash tray area, there is a plate that number of accessory grounds all attach to.
It has a main ground that's held in place, along with this plate, with an 8mm (5/16") nut and I have seen the nut work loose and cause funny power issues like this.

I really wish this forum had direct pic upload capabilities, I could show you exactly where it is, since I have about 3 dashes out of trucks, trying to come up with an excellent wiring and dash for the hauler.

Mark.

by **RumbleFish** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 2:49 am

me too mark, id like to see your project...

by **Mark Nixon** » Fri Oct 02, 2009 9:46 am

If this hadn't been ONLY A TEST, the image you would have seen would have been of another version of a gutted truck.
This concludes this test of gutted truck photography. :lol:

Mark.

by **james-93-12valve** » Sat Oct 03, 2009 8:16 pm

it quit haveing ththe problem about a day ago now everything works now

by **PToombs** » Sun Oct 04, 2009 5:36 pm

Mark, Jeff was driving that truck yesterday, only a different color.

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