desertPOS
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I\'ve dumped upwards of $1500 and well over a month of downtime to have a mechanic deal with a no-start issue on my \'05 Chevy Silverado (4x4, 5.3, 1500). Last time it was in there, they found that a bad connection in one of the terminals under the fuse box in the engine bay was creating enough heat to melt part of the fuse box. Paid for a new fuse box, installation and supposedly fixing that bad termination. After picking it up with it \'fixed,\' it made it about a week before the intermittant no-start issue came back. If I drop it off again, I\'m quite positive it\'ll just be another $1k+ and they\'ll want to replace the whole harness, which they suggested might be the fix if it continues. They did NOT cut the tape or wrap off any of the wiring harness where it comes into the fuse box, so I\'ve had the truck sitting at work for the past couple weeks until I have time to pull it apart and take a look myself. I wouldn\'t be surprised if the same heat that melted the fusebox also fried a wire in there - most likely the same one with the bad connection. I don\'t want to drive the truck in the meantime and melt the new fusebox I just had put it, but starting to get tired of driving a rock crawler around every day...\n\nWould like to make some time this coming week to dig into it and see what I can find. I\'d like to order up the terminal ejector or terminal removal tools ahead of time so I can replace wiring if I find anything. Having trouble figuring out what type of tools I need for this. I\'ve found what seems to be cheap-o stuff on Amazon like this:\n\nhttps://www.amazon.com/Terminal-Rem...61617011&rps=1&sr=8-5&th=1&tag=91812054244-20\n\nLittle higher quality stuff on Amazon like this:\nhttps://www.amazon.com/Lisle-57750-Wire-Terminal-Tool/dp/B007WQQHA2?tag=91812054244-20\n\nKartek has this - although looks like it might be more for external weather-proof plugs:\nhttps://www.kartek.com/parts/ford-c...05-extractor-pick-and-009-extractor-pick.html\n\nI\'d like to order some tools that are at least above medium quality. Or preferrably high quality as long as it\'s not a $500 specialized something-or-other. Wondering if anyone here can point me in the right direction
\n\nI may end up taking it back to the mechanic, but it\'d be sweet if I can just fix it myself - as long as it doesn\'t end up taking DAAAYS to do
\n\nI may end up taking it back to the mechanic, but it\'d be sweet if I can just fix it myself - as long as it doesn\'t end up taking DAAAYS to do
and 'fuck you I ain't startin.' Seems to happen more when it's warm out, and seems to want to start again sooner if I pop the hood and let things cool in there. I think it's pretty clear that something's getting too hot and won't transmit power till it cools down to a certain point. Trucks never died while running, just something in the starting circuit.
Not sure what to do from here, other than pull tape and wrap off these wires and see if anything stands out as burned or damaged. Past that, maybe reassemble, fire it up, and temp check fuses while it’s running to see if the one in question (or any) are getting much hotter than the rest
PM incoming...