GEMELLI
The Best of Both Worlds
Because I can't stand my cellphone once in a while, I decided to throw it onto the passenger side floorboard of the Ty while driving down the road at 50mph. Well, on its way to the floorboard it hit the glove box door. and in literally any other vehicle in the world, that's a non issue. However... this is a Typhoon.
As soon as the phone hits the glove box, the truck stumbles, loses power, and the cel comes on. I pull over to the side of the road with the truck still idling in neutral. I goose the throttle a bit and it dies. Turns over, but won't start. I fiddle with a couple things before deciding that a whack to the glove box caused the issue, maybe another will "fix" it. Sure enough, a couple taps to the door and the truck fires right up with no cel. I put it in gear and drive away. I make it to my first destination to pick up a fitting for work and shut the truck off. It starts right back up, but as soon as I leave the parking lot, it dies. Pull over, tap the glove box a few times, starts right up and I drive away. Halfway to the job site, it stumbles and dies. Same thing... tap, tap, tap, start. Make it to work, and after an hour or so, drove it to get water for my employees and me... no issues. I thought about towing it home with our small equipment trailer, but I drove it instead. It did the same thing as before every 5 miles or so on the way back, but if I tapped on the glove box door right after it stumbled, it would come back to life. The last time it did it, I had to pull over, take everything out of the glove box and tap the back of it. Got it to our yard and ran the codes. Code 34... again. Finished the work day then looked over the newly replaced vacuum lines, but didn't see anything stand out. Truck wouldn't start, so I tapped the dash, started right up, drove it to dinner, started right up, drove it home, it sits.
Now, what the F is going on? Is there a ground near the ecm that can be affected by tapping on the dash? I need to take that part of the dash apart to replace the heater core soon, so I'll get in there to look around, but I'd like some idea of what to look for. :tup:
As soon as the phone hits the glove box, the truck stumbles, loses power, and the cel comes on. I pull over to the side of the road with the truck still idling in neutral. I goose the throttle a bit and it dies. Turns over, but won't start. I fiddle with a couple things before deciding that a whack to the glove box caused the issue, maybe another will "fix" it. Sure enough, a couple taps to the door and the truck fires right up with no cel. I put it in gear and drive away. I make it to my first destination to pick up a fitting for work and shut the truck off. It starts right back up, but as soon as I leave the parking lot, it dies. Pull over, tap the glove box a few times, starts right up and I drive away. Halfway to the job site, it stumbles and dies. Same thing... tap, tap, tap, start. Make it to work, and after an hour or so, drove it to get water for my employees and me... no issues. I thought about towing it home with our small equipment trailer, but I drove it instead. It did the same thing as before every 5 miles or so on the way back, but if I tapped on the glove box door right after it stumbled, it would come back to life. The last time it did it, I had to pull over, take everything out of the glove box and tap the back of it. Got it to our yard and ran the codes. Code 34... again. Finished the work day then looked over the newly replaced vacuum lines, but didn't see anything stand out. Truck wouldn't start, so I tapped the dash, started right up, drove it to dinner, started right up, drove it home, it sits.
Now, what the F is going on? Is there a ground near the ecm that can be affected by tapping on the dash? I need to take that part of the dash apart to replace the heater core soon, so I'll get in there to look around, but I'd like some idea of what to look for. :tup:
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