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Old 07-07-2012, 02:57 PM
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1st Gen Truck caught fire and died

1993 D250 Single cab. Bone stock. 22X,XXX


The wires down by the fuel filter rubbed the insulation off the wires and caught on fire and killed the truck. I think the fuel shut off shorted to ground which is what killed it and started getting hot. What do I check? Now it only has power to the headlights and blower fan. Before all of this happened the truck started normal and died, started again and drove it about 1/4 mile and it started smoking under the hood and we got out and put the fire out. but could it have fried the PCM?
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so we don't have power going to the PCM and some fuses have power. Dome light, headlights, bower fans etc
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Check the fusable links on the left front fender behind the battery.
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The connector with one female fitting and one male fitting right off the Positive battery terminal? It looked good
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We don't allow multiple posts about the same thing in multiple forum boards. With that, I moved your thread about the same thing from the emergency help board.
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Haha, Okay. I wasn't sure so I figured I would try and the worst you could do is move it. Thanks!
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