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If your vehicle is 1996 and newer get an OBDll tester and a service manual or at least something that tells you what the code is. If it's older check
to see what diagnostics it has, for example chevy and Toyota has a connector where you jumper two pins and count the check engine light for the code
then look it up in a service manual. I'm not sure what years they started this, probably when they started using computers. My 91 chevy and my 93
Toyota has it. OBDll testers are as cheap as $39 at Harbor Freight. Auto parts stores have them in the $100 range and up. I'd read the info on it and
get the one you like best regardless of money. There is a series of standard codes all the manufactures must use. Then each manufacture has codes that
are for their specific vehicles.
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Sharksbaja
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That's good info TW.
Bob, I understand. It is a guy thang, but I like to have women around to show off to and hang onto when something breaks or goes wrong
Whistler
I believe there was a 392 Hemi as well.Remember the 6-pack 440 with 3 2-barrel carbs as an option.
DON\'T SQUINT! Give yer eyes a break!
Try holding down [control] key and toggle the [+ and -] keys
Viva Mulege!
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Bob and Susan
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shark...you thought you were showing off...
only...
those women were showing off to you...
they "toughed it out" and proved they could "hang" but...
they didn't really have FUN
men sure make a lot of assumptions... don't we
women LOVE golf but we don't take them
women LOVE fishing but mostly they're left om the dock to clean um
my buddy had a cuda...it sounded like riding in a empty barrel
these new trucks and cars are WAY better now
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wiltonh
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More on the Dodge dealer in Lapaz. We thought we had blown an alternator in our 1996 Dodge in the Cactus park. We were about 40 miles in and had to
go back North for service. We had an extra battery which got us there.
We found a mechanic who tested the alternator for us and told us it was good. He then took me to the fuse box and showed me that we had blown a 120
Amp fuse. He headed to the local auto store to see if he could get one. I got out the manual and figured out which wire could blow a 120 Amp fuse.
When he came back I showed him the wire in the book and I told him to check for a short to ground. He slid his fingers along the wire and found a
burned spot in the insulation about 8 inches from the fuse box. He put in the new fuse and we taped up the spot.
When we got to Lapaz we tried to get an extra fuse. After trying about 6 shops we went to the Dogde dealer. They did not stock the part. It was the
week between Christmas and newyears and he told us one week for inverntory and one week for party. No parts from the states for a month.
We then went to Napa and found a 120 Amp fuse that had different leads. I was able to build some standoffs that bolt into the fuse box. We can now
use the Dodge fuse or a standard fuse from Napa.
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Very good ingenuity, Wilton!
And excellent detective work on the cause of the short.
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Sharksbaja
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WOW, 120 amps
That's a mighty big load. Is that the starter lead or main bus line? Good thang there was a fuse in that line. You coulda had a fire!
DON\'T SQUINT! Give yer eyes a break!
Try holding down [control] key and toggle the [+ and -] keys
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vagabond
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Ford Big Blocks
Big Blocks starting out with
332 352 360 390 406 410 427 428 all used the same basic block and heads just different bores and strokes, and valves in the heads. Ford also had a 429
hemi which was in a limited run of mustangs just to make it legal for nascar the 410 was a 390 bore with a 428 stroke Mercury's only, and then there
were the 429 and 460.
I won't go into the old Lincoln motors of the early 60s or the earlier Y blocks of the 50s.
Just the ramblings of an old Ford mechanic
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wiltonh
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It was the wire that went from the fuse box to the alternator. It went to ground right at the back of the headlight. The burned spot was about the
size of my thumb nail. We taped it up but by the time we got to Lapaz the first layer of tape was almost gone.
At that point I found a heavy piece of plastic and taped that to the back of the wire. I then used a wire tie to hold the wire harness to the head
light. This keeps it from bouncing up and down and wearing out the tape. The 120 amp fuse connects the alternator to the battery. The Battery was
what blew the fuse. It can easily supply 120 amps. The fuse did its job.
Most of the fuses we found for sale in the large sizes were for Toyota. They have an 80 amp fuse but I did not feel that was big enough when you have
a 120 amp alternator. If I had not been able to get another 120 amp fuse, we would have tried the 80 amp fuse.
This thread started about asking for spare parts recommendations. If you have nonstandard fuses, I would get an extra set in the states because they
do not take up much room and you may need them.
Wilton
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gnukid
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Mexico is the land of jonkes, in that there are many junkyards very well organized. For that reason fixing an older car is fast and easy, though new
cars present many problems. ABS brakes, catalytic converters, oxygen sensors, computers, etc... fail and are nearly impossible to repair quickly.
Though yes Napa, AutoZone and dealers exist to order parts. When possible stick to the old school vehicles. I drive a '65 Dodge and the mechanics seem
to have no problems.
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