Thanks for the tips guys. I checked it tonight, all the connections on the back of the meter are tight and no obvious shorts in those wires. The seal under the steering wheel had been leaking, I just fixed that not too long ago so there very well could be some residual hydraulic fluid hanging around back there behind the regulator. I took the cover off the regulator and there wasn't anything obvious in there but there were traces of fluid around the edges but it looked like the gasket had kept it out of the internals.
There was however a faint burned hole in the main feed line going to the glow plugs that I must have missed in my initial look so hopefully that's the cause. Must have been shorting against one of the injector lines.
So next question - can I just replace the quick connect that's shorted or should I replace the whole wire? It went up and over the engine and I lost it there so I'm not sure where it goes. Does the power go anywhere after the meter before it gets to the plugs? Surprising it's not more of a straight shot. Not sure what caused the short though, could the regulator have been sending too much juice? Is there a way to test it?
This post was edited by Steve KS at 17:53:16 06/07/12.
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