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need help!! electrical issue

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i have a 1991 k5 5.7 just bought it last week. the problem im having is when it ran it ran good but the truck would just shut off no power any where.. no radio no dash power nothing. dome light horn head light and tail lights are the only thing. i put the key to the on position and suppose to be able to have radio wiper blades etc.. but still no power.. ive done ignition switch/ key tumbler/ checked all inline fuses fuse block everything.. could it be the ecm?
 
Sounds like you've blown one of the fusible links. Check for power at the junction block on the firewall.
 
Is it dead now, or is it intermittent?
I am not "up" on the wiring of that model, but I seem to remember that along about that time they started putting power relays in the system. I think they are in the fuse panel.
I'm sure someone will jump in who knows for sure.

In the meantime, if it is working now, try this.
Find a quiet place to work, turn off the radio, air conditioner, anything that might make noise when you turn on the switch.

Listen carefully when you switch the key from off to on. If you head a click, that should be the power relay.
Find it.

Some of the newer cars have more than one identical relay for different things. Headlights, horn, main power, etc.
And they plug in.
If yours has that, you are set.
The next time it quits, swap the main power relay for one of the others.
If that fixes it, get a new relay.

Or buy a new relay and swap it when the truck quits.

Unless it tends to get you in dangerous situations, I would wait until it quits to try a new relay.
Otherwise you will be driving around for weeks wondering if you fixed it.

I'm going to do some more research, but Rockauto does not show the type relays I was talking about for your vehicle.
It does show a large auxiliary power relay that might be the cause, but its not interchangeable with others.
 
You may also want to check the obvious - clean the battery posts and terminals, and be sure they are attacked tightly. :)
 
thx guys for your help! but just taking this to someone with more knowledge. too frustrating
 
thx guys for your help! but just taking this to someone with more knowledge. too frustrating

There are ALOT of us here to help you. It isn't the end of the world and this will be an easy fix but a shop will charge you a pretty good fee for diagnosis alone THEN whatever to fix the problem afterwards.
 
There are ALOT of us here to help you. It isn't the end of the world and this will be an easy fix but a shop will charge you a pretty good fee for diagnosis alone THEN whatever to fix the problem afterwards.

+1 ^^^

Honestly, if your going to run it to a shop for every little thing you should either A) Win the lotto or B) Give up on older vehicles or C) learn to work on it yourself, this will be the first of many things to go wrong. Not trying to rag on you.

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