Help - Electrical Problem

[patdunbarton]

2000 Windstar - 3.8

Replaced battery and alternator - van started right up. However could not shift out of Park.

Checked Fuse 11 in vehicle for Interlock Solenoid - fuse not blown but no power to the fuse recepticle.

I shut the motor off but the heater fan stayed on. After about 10 seconds, my headlights came on even though the switch was off. I had to disconnect the battery to turn off the lights and the fan motor.

Finally, my remote will not work either.

Any help would be appreciated...have to pick my kids up at camp.

Thank you!

[12Ounce]

Fuse #11 is fed by the "hot at all times" buss. That's a primary buss.

After the fuse is the "brake pedal position switch" ... near brake pedal, not too hard to access.

[patdunbarton]

Thanks for the info. I know it is not the switch since no power is even getting to it. How do I access the and trace the "hot at all time buss"? Do I trace it out from the under the hood fuse box? Where should I look to find the wire that powers the hot fuses?
Thanks for your help

[12Ounce]

Good question .... I don't know all the answer, but I perhaps can provide a clue:

If my diagram book is to be believed (sometimes its clearly wrong), fuses #5, #11, and #16 all share a common (jumpered) "hot at all times" supply. I expect they are jumpered together right there behind the fuse box. We are talking here about the inside-cabin fuse box, near driver's left foot.

Do you have 12v on these fuses? They are all fed by a WH/YE conductor that is routed from the "ignition switch".

The "ignition switch" is a black plastic switch box mounted inside the steering col covers near the bottom of the column. It is actuated by a sliding rod down the column that is hooked up-top to the ignition key lockset/tumbler.

I had to change my original ignition switch at about 60 kmiles. The replacement has about 100 kmiles on it so far.

[12Ounce]

I think you have drawn my attention to another error in this diagram book.

At every instance the circuit feeding fuses #5, #11, and #16 is labeled "hot at all times". But as I follow the circuit back to the ignition switch, it looks like "hot in start and run" to me.

????

And going further upstream, I see the circuit also comes from the fuse #105 (30amp) in the battery fuse box (underhood).

[patdunbarton]

I am taking it to a friend of mine who know electronics. You're hints as to where to look are much appreciated. I will keep you "posted". No pun intended.
Regards from New Hampshire.