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Old Jun 14, 2007 | 04:27 PM
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I jump "A, B" nothing happens,
I have a 86.
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Old Jun 14, 2007 | 04:44 PM
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jump A and B on the ALDL (two upper right terminals) and then turn the key "on". You should hear the fan come on and the SES light on the DIC will start blinking. If none of this happens, you might have a wiring problem between your ALDL and ECM.
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Originally Posted by dabu11et
I jump "A, B" nothing happens,
I have a 86.
Explain nothing
Does the SES light, light up, flash, or nothing.
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Old Jun 14, 2007 | 07:31 PM
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The ses light does not flash. I dont think my DIC is working properly. It says security and low coolant but is it suppose to light up a corvette logo in the background? Because mine does not.
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jump A and B on the ALDL (two upper right terminals) and then turn the key "on". You should hear the fan come on and the SES light on the DIC will start blinking. If none of this happens, you might have a wiring problem between your ALDL and ECM.



and the service engine soon light should blink once, pause, then blink twice quickly. It should do this 3 or 4 times and then flash a different code, if there is one stored in the ecm memory.
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Old Jun 14, 2007 | 10:36 PM
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The ses light does not flash. I dont think my DIC is working properly. It says security and low coolant but is it suppose to light up a corvette logo in the background? Because mine does not.
There is no corvette logo to light up. Are you jumping "A" and "B" with ign on, motor not running ?? If so, do you hear the cooling fan come on ??

http://members.shaw.ca/corvette86/No...it%20Check.pdf
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Oh, and you won't see any numbers come up.
The SES light will flash once, pause, flash twice. That is a code 12, it means the ECM is doing it's thing. It will flash 12 three times, after that it will go through the codes, flashing each of them 3 times. Read the link I gave you.
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Does the SES light come on when the key is in the "on" position normally...like before you start the engine? (without jumping A and B)

If not then you need to replace the bulb.
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Is the ses light in the center, where it tells me if I have low coolant and suff like that?
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Yes
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Originally Posted by dabu11et
Is the ses light in the center, where it tells me if I have low coolant and suff like that?
you need to read the links given before, and you could use the search function to do more research, its all been said before...
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