OT: Chevy Ford

Slowpoke

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My 1997 Chevy C1500 WT 4.3L has a cable from driver's side of engine to a connection at the crankshaft sensor behind the pulley. The cable continues on for about 10 more but it is just hanging over the front crossmember. The end is a 2-wire male red connector. I see no place to connect it.
Any ideas?

My friend's 1993 Ford F150 4.9L had broken ears at the key lock cylinder, so it was difficult to turn the key. I removed the lock cylinder and tried to turn the opening at the back of the cylinder housing with a screwdriver. It moves a small lever behind the lock cylinder housing only slightly. Pushing on the lever has no effect. Friend says he doesn't use it and doesn't know what it's for. I seem to remember similar buttons/levers on other Fords to turn the key or something like that.
There is also a wire and little brass finger that fits at the front of the cylinder housing but will not stay in the mounting notch. I believe it is an alarm for key left in ignition. Should I cut the wire and remove it or cement it in?
I can't find any info on any of these problems.
Any help appreciated.
Thanks,
Slowpoke.
 


I can't help with the locks but I know that every wiring harness built in probably the last 50 years has unused terminals sticking out all over it. It is a lot cheaper to build and stock one for many models than to make and stock and choose just the right one for each different option combination car being built.
 
Not sure about the lock problem, might be associated with locking the transmission. The red cable could be a block heater that plugs in to 120 volts. I had a similar cable like that on my engine.
 
Although the truck is an X Fish & Wildlife from Moline, Illinois, the wires on the unknown cable would not be suitable for 125V service. They are for some type of sensor service.
 

Poke, did you lose track of the other thread you started about these topics?

https://forums.yesterdaystractors.com/viewtopic.php?t=1564943

Your questions about the purpose of the wire connector and the purpose/operation of the button near the Ford's ignition switch operation and being associated with a manual transmission were answered.

I asked you if you had verified the operation of the key in your new Ford lock cylinder BEFORE you installed it.

NO response from you on any of it.
 
I checked my email in the morning after I posted the first inquiry the prior evening but received no answers. I went to the site and saw nothing of my post, so
I wrote it up again. I have no idea why the first post was not on the site. I followed your link and saw it
Thanks for the heads up.
 
(quoted from post at 14:05:02 05/20/22) You cross posted on Tractor talk AND tool Talk. That is really obnoxious.


I wouldn't call that really obnoxious. I wouldn't call it slightly obnoxious. I wouldn't even call it annoying or even slightly annoying. What I would call obnoxious though is telling someone else that some little picayune thing that they did was obnoxious.
 
No wonder I couldn't find it on Tool Talk. I never intended to post on Tractor Talk.
Sorry for the mix up.
 
Never did get the Ford new lock cylinder to go all the way in the housing. Instructions say don't turn key in lock cylinder before installing.
Nothing said what would happen if one did so. I put the original cylinder back in; the key turns but will not actuate the starter. and now the cylinder will not come
out.
So I returned the man's $25 and said to have someone else try.
 
I suspect there is a deeper problem after your last post. Did the cylinder move freely through the range, not appearing to bind or stop, all the way to run ( key on, with warning lights) then in start position-nothing? Deeper in the column there's a plastic geared rack that's known to break, actually a metal pin on the end falls off. Anyway I think the part is called the ignition switch actuator. I've replaced a bunch of them through the years, and it requires a near total dismantling of the steering column, they are even more complicated on tilt columns.

Not sure why the new cylinder didn't go all the in. I'm sure you tried turning the key a little either way to make sure it's lining up. The pic below is the piece I was describing above.



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I suspected something of the kind. There is a tiny piece of material hanging just above and back of the
rectangular opening at the rear of the cylinder. I push it up and it falls back down.
Any way the truck is parked at the side of the road in a residential neighborhood, not a good place to perform major surgery. Besides I have my own '97 Chevy
C1500 to work on in a driveway. I found the right front steel brake line rusted thru from Rust Belt roads. Replaced it with copper nickel but have yet to bleed
brakes.
Thanks for the help.
Slowpoke
 

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