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Old Apr 20, 2012 | 09:55 PM
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I have an 82 coupe. One of my tbi sensors was burned up. I put a new one on today. Now the whole car is dead (all electrical is down)!! What can I be overlooking?
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Old Apr 20, 2012 | 10:15 PM
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have you checked all of your fuses?is the battery good?
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Old Apr 20, 2012 | 10:26 PM
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What sensor are you talking about being "burned up"?
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Old Apr 21, 2012 | 10:11 AM
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Battery cables connected?
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Old Apr 21, 2012 | 08:28 PM
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ground wire on bat connected?
ecm connected?

I had to hunt wires on my 82, rear throttle bodie injector just yesterday and it wound up being my ecm pin connectors were dirty as far as I can tell
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