KASEKENNY1, I have a couple friends who are mechanics back in Wichita and neither had heard of a MAF shorting like that either. Since I found the melted wires at the two pigtails that connect incoming wires to the actual ignition switch I didn't initially think the shirt was under the hood. I also originally thought it wasn't getting fuel but eliminated that thought with a little burst of starting fluid and still nothing. Since I wasn't sure where the shirt was, and really am not any good at reading auto wiring schematics or familiar with much of the technical jargon, I began to disconnect different things to try and eliminate them as a problem. As my friends heard what happened they said sounded like intermittent short and was just lucky enough to move the right wires and it started leading me originally to think I had solved the problem. Wrong! When I was first able to recreate the short I saw smoke from the area of the valve cover bolt shown and went from there jiggling the wires around such. When it sparked I finally found it. It was my wife actually who was giving me a hand holding the ignition wires that actually spotted the bolt head as I was on the other side and could not see it from there.I didn't do a pro job repairing just wrapped it in electrical tape and zip tied it up and away from the valve cover. I was so worried I was going to have to take out the dash to find the short. That k goodness I didn't because, knowing me, I would never have gotten it finished. However I know that I didn't do it right because I didn't have any bolts or screws left over when I out stuff back together! Lol
Thursday, February 25th, 2021 AT 6:33 PM