sorry to ping you @9297oldram but you helped me so much to get the truck running so I was wondering if you had any insight into the problems I have now? if not its fine
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Wiring and speedometer issues, Update
Good morning gang. Since last time I was here my D250 is running good. I do however have some problems still and cant find a clear cut answer online.
So my fuel gauge works, but when I start to move the truck it bounces HARD left to right. I know the gauge technically works because I added about 5 gallons of fuel to the tank and it went up. The dummy light for "low fuel" is on though.
The oil pressure(?) gauge is at zero and doesn't budge. The truck has oil.
I'm not 100% sure if the temp gauge works either, I haven't really let it run super long to get that hot. I did however put a new thermostat in because the old one was rusty and stuck shut.
The speedometer and odometer do not work either.
The dummy light for the parking brake and ABS both stay lit. I have messed with the connector by the e-brake and it appears to be intact, but when I move it by hand the dummy light gets a little dimmer.
My pawpaw had most of the dash apart and I really have no clue as to what all problems he was facing. He did have the red plug for the dummy light panel plugged into the gauge cluster, and the black gauge cluster plug just dangling. I'm gonna attach a couple pics of some plugs that I'm not sure about that were left unplugged with (seemingly) nowhere to plug into along with some loose wires just laying in the floor. And I have a picture of a little silver fella that gets HOT even when the truck isn't running. I have it unplugged because I don't want to walk outside to a burnt up truck. Also I am for some reason terrible at tracing wires. Its the one thing that absolutely overwhelms me.
Any help is appreciated.
Jack
So my fuel gauge works, but when I start to move the truck it bounces HARD left to right. I know the gauge technically works because I added about 5 gallons of fuel to the tank and it went up. The dummy light for "low fuel" is on though.
The oil pressure(?) gauge is at zero and doesn't budge. The truck has oil.
I'm not 100% sure if the temp gauge works either, I haven't really let it run super long to get that hot. I did however put a new thermostat in because the old one was rusty and stuck shut.
The speedometer and odometer do not work either.
The dummy light for the parking brake and ABS both stay lit. I have messed with the connector by the e-brake and it appears to be intact, but when I move it by hand the dummy light gets a little dimmer.
My pawpaw had most of the dash apart and I really have no clue as to what all problems he was facing. He did have the red plug for the dummy light panel plugged into the gauge cluster, and the black gauge cluster plug just dangling. I'm gonna attach a couple pics of some plugs that I'm not sure about that were left unplugged with (seemingly) nowhere to plug into along with some loose wires just laying in the floor. And I have a picture of a little silver fella that gets HOT even when the truck isn't running. I have it unplugged because I don't want to walk outside to a burnt up truck. Also I am for some reason terrible at tracing wires. Its the one thing that absolutely overwhelms me.
Any help is appreciated.
Jack
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Update: Put a new oil pressure sending unit on, stock Oil pressure gauge works now thankfully. Next step is to get the speedometer and odometer to work, along with getting the Parking break light and abs light to turn off. I’m gonna attach a screenshot i took from another forum talking about similar issues to what i’m having and see if you think this could be my problem. Or perhaps the VSS maybe on the transmission? I haven’t messed with it at all yet or cleaned the connections so it could be that too
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Also to add, this is the new VSS i installed. It came with this new wire/connector, but i’m not sure exactly where it goes to. The old wire seems to go above the trans and I can’t see anything else from there. Do the stock one typically have this type of connection to remove the old wire and plug in a new one? If it’s just the wire going bad and i can put in this one it came with that would be great. Also of note, when I did take off the old VSS it seemed kinda rusty/oily where the shaft goes in. I’ve heard of the shaft hole rounding out before. Could potentially be another cause I reckon. I’ll have to try and figure out if that new wire is able to plug and play on mine when i get home today if no one knows if it will work.
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And last thing to add. I found this picture of apparently what it’s supposed to look like all connected. My VSS seems to be connected straight into the transmission without this ratio adapter part. Is the ratio adapter something that only goes on manual trans or something? Mine is the 3 speed auto.
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I crawled under the truck today for a bit to see if the wires for the VSS unplug from something. It seems it’s just wire all the way. So that makes me wonder, what is this plug on the pigtail from the new VSS supposed to plug into? If i can’t figure out why this speedo and odometer aren’t working this week then i’ll pull the cluster this weekend unfortunately. Gonna try the drill test on the new VSS sensor tomorrow to make sure that it’s not rounded out in the trans case.
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