Bozer1991

The wiper switch is 3 stage - left is on, center (presumably) is Off and right is washer fluid. I'm at center position. I don't have the FSM you're referring to, so I appreciate the wiring suggestions @Slartibartfast. I'll start the wiring chase

Interesting that the wiper arm needs to be all the way down/home and seated in the bracket before that switch will work. My wiper is definitely not down. I tried jumping the green/white and black wires at the wiper motor plug, but still a no go on the popper.

OK, I unplugged the rear wiper motor and now the power rearview mirrors work, so that's the problem. I will decide if I am going to hunt down a new motor at the local junkyard. Next problem - the rear/trunk hatch window popper does work, doesn't seem to have power. Is that on another fuse? I don't see one in the fuse box. Wiring all looks OK. Any ideas on that? Thanks

Sorry - same fuse. It's the 10a, 2 spots from the left. It's labeled as both RR wiper and mirrors. Il pulled the rear hatch molding and all wiring looks OK. I will try drivers side cargo area trim now, thx for that tip. The previous owner definitely messed with the trailer hitch area, so I'll inspect there as well. Thx

I put a new fuse in and the rear wiper cycled on its own when i turned key on, then fuse blew 5 secs later. The rearview mirrors are on same circuit I just bought more fuses for testing

1992 SE V6 - My 10A fuse blows 3 seconds after the car turns on. The rear wiper works, goes through one cycle, then fuse pops. Wiring from truck to door looks good. Any ideas on where to start my search are appreciated!

1992 SE V6 - My 10A fuse blows 3 seconds after the car turns on. The rear wiper works, goes through one cycle, then fuse pops. Wiring from truck to door looks good. Any ideas on where to start my search are appreciated!

She runs great, no issues, smoke, weird sounds at all. If anything, this rebuild was overkill because the rest of the truck seems a bit tired now! I might tackle the front end suspension, shocks alone (bilsteins) didnt help much.

Passed smog first try. Phew. Time to move on to front suspension and some interior cleaning

UPDATE - I took the pathy out tonight to find a cliff to drive it off of when after about 20 minutes of smoking out my neighborhood....the smoke cleared! I think there was just residual coolant in the exhaust system that needed to burn off. Otherwise it runs great, drove on freeway, all around town and no issues. Now I need to see if she'll pass CA smog. Thx for those who provided feedback on this chain, I really appreciate. Next up, some cosmetic projects.

Started up sweet, then after about 1 minute - started puking white smoke. I give up. So bummed.

Just got Heads back on. The gaskets look fine, no problems. No sticking or indents, so maybe not torqued enough? A lot of coolant leaked into #6 as I pulled head off, but that was expected with leftover coolant in the DS head. No obvious issues, although I did get a couple of things wrong 1st time around. -The FSM calls for the head bolt washers to be inserted with radius side up. I missed that and they were inconsistent throughout. -I pulled exhaust manifolds all the way off on DS and off the Head on PS before removing heads. This made re-installing heads a lot easier. Maybe the weigh of the manifold affected my torque sequence? I removed and re-installed the Heads with exhaust manifolds attached last time. *I noticed some dust/debris behind timing belt cover on driver side, so need to figure that out. Belt looks fine, so need to investigate further. I'm hoping to have all this back together tonight after work.

I'm getting a bit burnt out, honestly. A few questions i keep asking myself as I prepare to take this thing apart Again: - Why didn't white smoke start until after I did the injectors to solve black smoke? -Did machine shop botch the head resurfacing? -Are my head bolts stretched and if so, is that the problem? How many beers is this going to take me??

Nope. Fired right up, silky smooth, no smoke. Then, about 10 seconds later, a couple of puffs, then full smoke show. I cant believe it, but i guess i need to go deeper. Heads off to check gaskets

I didn't keep the originals, unfortunately. The new ones seem to be thin metal encased in a thin rubber coating and the blue rings are barely, if any thicker. I spent 30 minutes wiggling the intake manifold around until it felt perfectly seated and went thru FSM 2 step torque sequence, adding a couple of ft more pressure last night. Will put the rest back together today and see if any improvement. Not looking forward to connecting the coolant hoses in back of the plenum, although I've come up with a technique that helps - I rest the plenum on my forearms, so my hands are in back and able to access hoses and wiring connector under plenum. Once it's all attached, I gently pull them out and lower it down onto manifold. Not comfortable, but easier than anything else I've tried!