Attention: TDR Forum Junkies 
From the "Wow was I lucky" department: (long winded but please enjoy)
Read how a broken cable tie almost destroyed my truck... .
For the last few times that I responded to ambulance calls here in Vermont, I noticed my engine seemed to be getting really sluggish. It was so bad at one point that I had no response from the throttle.
The ironic part was that I could drive home afterwards and turn the 'box' to max fueling and the truck would go like no tomorrow.
I assumed fuel starvation with some odd relationship with rushing off fast to these calls with a less than totally warmed up engine. I ordered a fuel filter and decided to go easy until it arrived... .
The other day I noticed my hidden strobes were no longer working.
With the new filter in hand I popped the hood to look at the stobe wiring and to install the filter...
I turned on the strobe button from the cab and heard one loud snap under the hood...
After I discovered a broken cable tie on the firewall, what do you think I found nearly welded to the exhaust manifold? YEP, the right front strobe cable.
Apparently the 90watt strobe discharge was going directly to ground via the engine block. When this was going on the fuel system totally shut down. AHHHHH
So, I consider myself real lucky to have not destroyed my ECM or other expensive fueling component.
THANK YOU Cummins or DC for whatever surge suppression you did install in my truck!
Read how a broken cable tie almost destroyed my truck... .
For the last few times that I responded to ambulance calls here in Vermont, I noticed my engine seemed to be getting really sluggish. It was so bad at one point that I had no response from the throttle.
The ironic part was that I could drive home afterwards and turn the 'box' to max fueling and the truck would go like no tomorrow.
I assumed fuel starvation with some odd relationship with rushing off fast to these calls with a less than totally warmed up engine. I ordered a fuel filter and decided to go easy until it arrived... .
The other day I noticed my hidden strobes were no longer working.
With the new filter in hand I popped the hood to look at the stobe wiring and to install the filter...
I turned on the strobe button from the cab and heard one loud snap under the hood...
After I discovered a broken cable tie on the firewall, what do you think I found nearly welded to the exhaust manifold? YEP, the right front strobe cable.
Apparently the 90watt strobe discharge was going directly to ground via the engine block. When this was going on the fuel system totally shut down. AHHHHH
So, I consider myself real lucky to have not destroyed my ECM or other expensive fueling component.
THANK YOU Cummins or DC for whatever surge suppression you did install in my truck!
