Vennessa

so crawled under the car couldnt see anything loose from the bell housing. felt around up top and couldnt find anything. the circled item is still a mystery because i cant find anything loose that would fit it either. my chilton guide is useless with diagrams for my truck..really close to doing the "beat it til it works approach! really bummed, i wanted to turn her over and hear what she sounds like with the new exhaust manifold.

huntingman2706217

wish i was there so i could find it... the plug should be coming with all the other plugs from the main harness... the main harness being the ones with the injector wires and throttle body wires... should be coming right off of that... didnt cut the thing off did ya? lol

huntingman2706217

got some pics of mine... this is the line that your looking for to run down to the CPS on top of the tranny... im holding the plug for it... also this is the same part of the harness that your missing you one plug in...

Vennessa

So Ive hit a brick wall. followed the sensor from the bell housing and it' son the passenger side of the engine.I'm beginning to think the previous owner didn't take such "good" care of the truck. She still wont turn over.

gmv93

did you check N/P relay for transmission? or shifter positions? once a friend of mine has a shifted shifter? positions were shifted actually. before adjusting it,engine can not be started in P but was starting in D.

also crank position sensor casue such problems on cars.

jnicewan

I wouldnt have thought the CPS can get over to the pass side unless someone made up some wiring to stretch the harness over there. My CPS plugs in toward the rear of the valve cover, basically above injectors #5 & 6.

Need to get that IAT connector found and plugged back in. I would think it should start, but the IAT is kind of important. Might be a good idea to check fuses too incase something got shorted when moving things around. Just scan over everything and see if you left stuff un plugged or maybe knocked something else loose.

huntingman2706217

That sensor you got is way up forward... this one is back... I don't know what u got in your hand lol... o2 sensor maybe or something lol...

huntingman2706217

If you have a inline six your cps is not on the back of hue head bud...

kckid

It seems to be a lot quicker to just plug in a OB ii scanner. It will tell you what function is not working. I don't believe you will get any spark if the cps is bad.

KCKID

kckid

Regarding your picture with the red circle??? I have a 96 and a 98 and neither have and connector on the intake manifold as shown in your picture...nor does the shop manual? good luck.

KCKID

huntingman2706217

You will have spark still... itll just will be erratic... CPS partly controls you timing... without it the vehicle wont run... or will run for a short time just all out of time...

kckid

I can only say that I just finished troubleshooting my GC which had no spark when cranking ( pulled coil wire and put near ground on engine ) and was solved by replacing the cps. so.....?????

huntingman2706217

Ok? What does that have to do with anything going on here?? Your problem isn't anything like this one...

Vennessa

So I replaced the CKS (crankshaft sensor) it wasn't that. She still wont start and now my battery is dead. No Check Engine Light so I can't check for codes..I have no idea. Please Help!!!

huntingman2706217

Why did you replace it lol... said check to make sure it was hooked up and not broke off or something... lol... if its hooked up then lets search elsewhere...

You still have me confused... it wont turn over or it will turn over and wont start?