1996 f-350 diesel short help

kevin phillips · September 1, 2007

have a 96 f-350 diesel dually blowing the fuse 10 in the power distribution box . it shows to feed the starter selonoid and a couple of fuses inside.anyone have any ideas,i've been unable to locate it.it just occurs usually after a drive then a short wait then a attempt to restart and the speedometer is inop and it won't spin over thanks for any ideas or things u have seen

Brad Clayton · September 1, 2007

Is this truck a stick shift? If so I would check the wiring where it runs near the clutch pedal. They use to be bad about the harness rubbing on the pedal and blowing fuses. That's the only thing that comes to mind from previous repairs.

kevin phillips · September 2, 2007

auto trans,e4od

Brad Clayton · September 2, 2007

alrighty then. Ford has a really good reputation with trouble free wiring, excluding the 6.0L of course. When a wiring concern crops up it's usually due to modifications or a sloppy repair of some sort. I am almost positive the trans has been out of this truck, so I would examine the wiring crossing over the trans crossmember to the mlp switch, seen a lot of them rub thru if not push pinned back into the xmember, 4x4's usually get tangle and ripped completely out.

Other than that I would just check closely for modifications, and if nothing comes up you can fuse each branch with a smaller amp fuse to help pinpoint, or up the main fuse by 5 amps.

Alex Bruene · September 2, 2007

If it's that intermittent, I would locate the splice where the circuit branches off, and install 5 amp fuse holders into all the other circuits in order to narrow down where the short is.