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chrislehr
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Oct 1, 2014, 4:26 PM
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Hi have 88 chevy scottsdale truck with 305 my husband was told to unhook batterie n unplug two wires under hood to reset computer so he did hooked n plug everything back in now truck wont start ran fine before he did that what did he do
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He must of missed something. What was he resetting the computer for?
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chrislehr
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Oct 1, 2014, 4:37 PM
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I guess to reset timing guess a guy at advance auto told him to do it
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chrislehr
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Oct 1, 2014, 4:42 PM
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If he sprays starter fluid in carb it wants to fire up but doesnt he went n bought fuel pump didnt do nothing so wasted money there
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Did he do anything else besides playing with the wiring? Leave any grounds unhooked? There is a ground I believe on the thermostat housing bolt. Is that one intact?
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chrislehr
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Oct 1, 2014, 4:50 PM
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Not that I know of I think he said he unplugged two wires together one brown can't remember other color may be black
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There is a wire or connector that you have to unplug to set base timing on those. It is a tan wire with a black stripe. Even if that was disconnected the engine should still run.
Can you take a picture of the engine bay and what he unplugged and then upload the pic(s) to a hosting site such as Photobucket? Then paste the link in here? Maybe if we can see the wiring and such, we might catch something.
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chrislehr
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Oct 1, 2014, 5:30 PM
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Ok here link this is the ones he connected hope pics help. http://s1214.photobucket.com/user/jaylynn23
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I'm getting an error for your link. It states the page doesn't exist.
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Sorry havin problems with photobucket but it was the brown and black wire with white strip down it here disconnected but I see the brown wire and it has a cut in it to show bare wire n has a black wire wrapped around cut that goes to firewall
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Usually black with white striped wires are grounds. Really need to see a pic of this. It shouldn't be wrapped around cut wires.
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See if one of these work sorry doing this off phone. http://s1214.photobucket.com/user/jaylynn231/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20141001_200836.jpg.html?sort=3&o=0
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You pictures showed up. Is there power on that brown wire where that black wire is wrapped around with the key on.
That black wire was something that someone put there. Probably because the connector on the firewall has melted terminals, so they ran a bypass. Can you follow that brown wire to where goes after it goes through that black connector at the bottom of your pic? Usually brown wires are power wires.
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chrislehr
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Its cover by one of those plastic wraps as shown in pic but runs under fire wall like going under cab hear to tell where it actually goes looked under truck and on side where it runs I see the tubing part goes to trans by drive shaft then looks like a brown wire goes to this thing by oil filter sorry im a girl trying my best lol
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Is there power where those two wires are twisted together with the ignition turned on or while the engine is cranking? You need a volt meter or 12 volt test lamp to see if there is power.
Your doing fine, but really need to know what that brown wire is going to. Could be going to the left fuel pump. It looks more tan than brown actually.
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