Hooked up the wire harness that runs from the relay board to the to various connections for the D-ironic fuel injection per Jeff Bowlsby wiring diagram, I installed a new Optima battery and turned on the ignition. Smoke started raising out of the engine compartment. shut it down and see that I melted the Black/Purple wire from the negative 1 terminal on the coil all the way up to the connector on the relay board. it appears to have taken several other wires with it. I think that this wiring harness is toast. I have two problems: (1) need to replace or fix the wiring harness and (2) what went wrong? Any ideas or suggestions on what to do next?
Just checked and found I had forgotten to connect the transmission ground strap. Could that have caused this?
If connected wrong direct connection to ground and without the tranny ground strap turning on the key all the current heads through that path.
Check to see if the contacts are reversed on the ignition coil.
You hooked up the 12 pin connector 1 pin off.
BTDT.
You can cut apart the harness and see how bad it is, you may be able to fix it.
OR.
Buy a new harness from Jeff (that's what I did)
And remember to check that plug 3 times after connecting it to be sure its right.
Also check the green wire going to the dizzy. it may have burnt too....
Hi Dennis, no worries, it can all be repaired good as new. The casing needs to be removed/replaced to replace any damaged circuits.
As mentioned, either the 12-pin plug was mis-indexed on the relay board or possibly the two wires to the coil were swapped. A very common issue.
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