Albuquerque DSM Club

92Stroker · Posted: Aug 03, 2010 7:50 am Post subject:

Winchester is back on the road! Very Happy

Yesterday I finally pinpointed the actual short, as it turns out, there were two soldered joints exposed were one of the previous owners had hardwired in the 2g MAF plug, one of them was 12v from the MPI relay, and the other was the sensor ground, LOL! Well needless to say I completely stripped and de-loomed my engine harness unnecessarily before discovering this very obvious short, but whatever, at least the car is running again!

Now i just need to spend some time cleaning it up with the old Weller, some new wire covers, and heat shrink.

BTW both of my ECU's were shorted because of this issue, so take it from me, if you have exposed wires under the hood, fix them!

Thanks for letting me borrow your spare Dave!
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Grey

Winchester, the Black Talon: '92 6/4 2.0L, Billet 62mm, SMIM, 1000s, 272s, Twin Disc, ECMLink, daily driven drag project.

3.1415927 / 4 * 3.366^2 * 3.94 = 35.06(in^3) * 4 = 140.24(in^3) / 61.025 = 2.3(L)

Dark Star · Posted: Aug 03, 2010 7:05 pm Post subject:

Good catch. Seems like me and you have been plagued with wiring issues lately. They are definitely the worst problem to find.
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Matt
90 TSI 12.1@117 With blown second gear.
520 SAE AWHP(stock ecu) 110 oct
460 HP Uncorrected E85 AEM EMS

92Stroker · Posted: Aug 04, 2010 10:01 am Post subject:

Yeah, I hate electrical issues, it's definately my kryptonite. This car is a whore, and has been around the block, and the previous onwers have done a lot of really poor electrical work on it. I'll take it off the road pretty soon and give it some much needed attention, one of the major goals will be to strip and de-pin the wiring harness.
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Grey

Winchester, the Black Talon: '92 6/4 2.0L, Billet 62mm, SMIM, 1000s, 272s, Twin Disc, ECMLink, daily driven drag project.

3.1415927 / 4 * 3.366^2 * 3.94 = 35.06(in^3) * 4 = 140.24(in^3) / 61.025 = 2.3(L)