robp823 Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 I have to do a engine harness on an e-350 ambulance.Anyone ever do one of these??? Im worried about what i may have got myself into.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Have fun! Never done an ambulance, done lots of E-vans and F-trucks though. If it's warranty, keep your punch times for your MT punch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 And ask your parts department to save the harness if Ford does not call it back. They usually don't. If you get to keep it, cut off all of the connectors leaving 4"-6" of wire. These salvaged harnesses have saved my ass several times and you WILL need something from it one day sooner or later. We havent done any harnesses in a while now and some connectors are scarce again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 Last three of them I did in vans, Ford called back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchan68 Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Last two of them I did, were RETAIL. WOOHOO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Vans or Pickups, Mike? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Last three of them I did in vans, Ford called back. Do you do a lot of harnesses and did you claim a lot of M-time? Just curious. I don't think they have ever called back a harness from us but I doubt we have ever done more than 4 or 5 6.0L harnesses in total over the years... excluding fuel injector harnesses of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 We were seeing quite a few of them, because of the number of E-series vans in our area especially. Usually always crushed in the same place, on the front intake bolt on the driver's side behind the fuel filter housing, or the CKP wires all chafed to hell between the main harness and the sensor between fuel lines, etc. etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchan68 Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Vans or Pickups, Mike?F-series. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robp823 Posted June 26, 2009 Author Share Posted June 26, 2009 What does this involve?? I mean i never did one...Can you get it off without pulling the engine out?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Yeah. It's still a prick to do no matter how you slice it I usually hock the shroud, fan, and stator the hell out of the road because it's just irritating. Lose the belt, take the bolts out of the ac compressor so you can get at the crank sensor wiring. Take the cam sensor wiring, and take the pins out of the connector and tape it to a long piece of wire so it's easy to fish down in behind the fuel lines and all that shit. You can do it without takin the turbo off, but it's a lot nicer to do it with it off. You'll need to pull the degas bottle out to get at the PCM, and there is a ground down below it on the fenderwell. What year shitbox are you working on? The early E-vans have a stud up on the valvecover that the main power harness attaches to, the later ones have a cable that runs down to the starter. Aside from that, I'm sure if I've missed anything, these guys will chime in and fill in the missing parts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robp823 Posted June 26, 2009 Author Share Posted June 26, 2009 its an 08 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brad Clayton Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 Quote: Take the cam sensor wiring, and take the pins out of the connector and tape it to a long piece of wire so it's easy to fish down in behind the fuel lines and all that shit We got a thinkin' man here. I don't know how many of these I have fought with, and this idea never occurred to me. Now that I have this idea to try, I probably won't have to due another one at least until I forget about this trick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keith Browning Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 I was thinking the same thing Brad. Duh! Why didn't I think of that. I wrangled with a few of these too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DieselD Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 yup these suck, we do alot of them due to the heat here in az. the ambos sit and run all day and they just bake harnesses!! tapping the pins on the cam wiring works well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mchan68 Posted June 30, 2009 Share Posted June 30, 2009 I never seem to have a problem with the CMP sensor wiring. It's the CKP sensor wiring that pisses me off the most, fighting with the A/C compressor to access. Especially being a no-start causing circuit, I make damn sure to have it clipped to the block at all the factory locations. I refuse to mangle it in any way, due to the high potential for a comeback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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