Moral of the story - check that IGN-ECM fuse when your ECM "fails".

you didnt buy another one did you?!

you didnt buy another one did you?!

Why yes, yes I did ... but it's going back. It was only $79, but I need all the money I can get with my job. :)

Dude that sucks. I've done things like that too. Happens to the best of us.

We learn from our mistakes. As the saying goes,(when trying to diagnose/fix a problem), "Always start with the simplest or cheapest part."

This reminds me back when I had a powersteering leak, I right away ordered a new low pressure line, when all I needed was 2$ fuel line with a bend in it and a fitting on the end to screw in and some rubber hose

Returning items rocks!

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Bad part is, it makes you feel twice as bad when people are always turning to you for advice.

It's so easy sometimes to think outside of the box and overlook the little things.

I'll bet you porbably had the same sinister, "ah hah you little S.o.b." snicker when you found it :grinyes:

:lol2:

Bad part is, it makes you feel twice as bad when people are always turning to you for advice.

It's so easy sometimes to think outside of the box and overlook the little things.

I'll bet you porbably had the same sinister, "ah hah you little S.o.b." snicker when you found it :grinyes:

It was more like "Oh, that explains it" ... The problem is that I think like a technician, so I pulled out the diagram I had for it, which omitted that fuse from the diagram. Only seeing two fuses, GAUGES and ECM, I checked those two fuses and they were good. It wasn't until I was probing around in there last night that I stumbled upon the IGN-ECM fuse. I pulled it and looked at it, and saw it was blown. Perhaps I shouldn't always think like a tech. I suppose if I thought like a 5-year-old, I would have found it immediately.

But you're right - I give a lot of advice here and then _I_ go and pull a stupido.

But you're right - I give a lot of advice here and then _I_ go and pull a stupido.
We still wuv you!!! :lol2:

that one of those owned moments!

don't feel too bad.

there was a guy on here who replaced his WHOLE engine when he had a blown head gasket.

don't feel too bad.

there was a guy on here who replaced his WHOLE engine when he had a blown head gasket.

I did that once ...

the affected head was warped, and the block between 3 and 5 was burned through. Had no choice but to replace the whole thing. This was a Poncho 400 in a '75 Grand Am. Thanks, sis!

That was in 1993. The engine that replaced the 400 was a certain SBC 350. The same engine in the Caprice, now - some 263,000 miles later.

ha. small block chevy just wont die will they