Liz Kozel-Gill

Well as you can see from my latest photo I don’t have a black wire on the white plug at all! lol … for now I will try and find out which one of the wires there is my ground and do what you said.

Okay I must be retarded or something. I guess I have just been at my truck fixing thing too long! This photo shows the white plug I was suppose to find the ground wire on the bottom row of wires add a longer ground to it and run it to the neg side of the battery right? Well for some reason I went to the coil pack to the left of that white plug, and see the plug on top of the coil pack? I added a ground wire to that ground and ran it to the battery? I am not sure what I was thinking but I don’t even have the right plug more or less the right ground wire. Did I just mess things up worse by doing the coil pack plug instead of the white plug? I am my own worst enemy!

This is what the 4 coil packs and the plug look like. Drivers side.

This the plug? I guess my ground is the pink one?!

Yes you have told me that in the past, thank you I thought it might be a ground I will do that and let you know how it turns out. I appreciate you answering I almost hope you answer me I kinda have come to rely on you answering. Thank you. What about the other coil harness plug on the passenger side? Does that one ever need to be checked?

I am at my wits end with this 8 coil pack no start ******. My truck has been down for 8 months now. I changed Transmissions and at first there was no spark no start and finally realized with all of your guy’s help it was the crankshaft position sensor plug wires. Fixed that put a new Nuetral Safety switch in with new wires. Well in the process here I blew my pump in my tranny pulled the tranny for the fourth time and put in a new pump. I put in new plug wires, spark plugs are new a few months back, they look good, I have checked all the fuses and relay’s, all the grounds, checked for pinched, broken or bare wires, changed camshaft position sensor, checked battery cables, checked the ECM it’s good, brand new fuel pump, checked the security system, It had spark and started before the last pulling of the Tranny. I have not checked the ignition switch or anything in the cab other then the fuses, I can’t imagine it being all 8 coil packs they looked good. So I just can’t seem to figure out what I havemissed, (almost ready to call a mobile mechanic)…. Hopefully someone out there can give me something for my check list I have gotten on there yet. I have watched thousands of You Tube videos, checked, double , triple checked things I just don’t know….please somebody HELP! lol….

I am at my wits end with this 8 coil pack no start ******. My truck has been down for 8 months now. I changed Transmissions and at first there was no spark no start and finally realized with all of your guy’s help it was the crankshaft position sensor plug wires. Fixed that put a new Nuetral Safety switch in with new wires. Well in the process here I blew my pump in my tranny pulled the tranny for the fourth time and put in a new pump. I put in new plug wires, spark plugs are new a few months back, they look good, I have checked all the fuses and relay’s, all the grounds, checked for pinched, broken or bare wires, changed camshaft position sensor, checked battery cables, checked the PCM it’s good, brand new fuel pump, checked the security system, It had spark and started before the last pulling of the Tranny. I have not checked the ignition switch or anything in the cab other then the fuses, I can’t imagine it being all 8 coil packs they looked good. So I just can’t seem to figure out what I have missed, (almost ready to call a mobile mechanic)…. Hopefully someone out there can give me something for my check list I have gotten on there yet. I have watched thousands of You Tube videos, checked, double , triple checked things I just don’t know….please somebody HELP! lol….

I have pulled the starter again and realized I pulled the power wire apart for the Crankshaft position plug! Put it back together with a better connection and put the starter back in carefully this time so I don’t pull apart anymore plugs!!! She started right up!!! Yeah!! But now I have put 5 of 11 quarts of ATF in and didn’t pre fill my Torque Converter it’s reading way over full and won’t go into gear. I was told to let it idle for awhile so the fluid could warm up & have time to fill the TQ.it is still idling and hasn’t gone down yet on the dipstick. What could it possibly be? The TQ is seated properly and it’s rare the pump goes, so what should I do? Help!!

Just so everyone knows I got my truck running!!!! Thank you everyone who commented and helped me from a crank but no start!!! Now my truck shows over full on my tranny fluid which someone told me since I didn’t pre fill the Torque Converter that I would have to let it idle for awhile so the TQ could fill up. I have only put 5 of 11 quarts in. I also made sure the TQ was seated properly. Now it reads over full and not going into gear. I cannot believe one thing after another! So is it because I haven’t let it idle long enough to fill the TQ? Or dare I say could it be something else? Do I just let it idle longer? My truck has been sitting 6 months now I hope It’s an easy fix!!?!

Okay so I changed the Crankshaft Position Sensor plug….no change. So I bought and replaced the sensor as well…no change. Could the oil level sensor plug cause the no start? I ran a diagnostic reader and got 41 C- codes and 14 P-codes. Now after I freaked out I realized a lot of the codes with inactivity and performance in them were only coming up because she has not moved or drove anywhere since the tranny swap like 8 months now, so I am trying to eliminate the codes down to maybe what my problem is. What a way to make yourself crazy!! My truck had no codes prior to all this so the PCM or the brain of course would not have any memory because I cleared it disconnecting the battery. I have pulled the PCM to check for corrosion they were clean as a whistle. So I am still at square one no spark out of any of the 8 coil plugs!! I have to get my truck running again work will be starting up again and I have put a butt load of money into this and I am broke, frustrated and at my wits end….where do I go from here???? Please help. Thank you all for all your help and knowledge, I so appreciate you all!!! Should I test the COP coils? Idk……

Hey bud well I ended up buying a new Crankshaft Position Sensor and put it in. I ran a diagnostic tester on my truck before trying to start it, it said Left front wheel speed sensor circuit open…? Now I don’t know what that means but it sounds like something I should fix before starting it…right? Can I close the circuit? Wow anything else want to come up so my truck stays broke down for another 8 months?

I have a 2000 5.3LT going through the same crap you could check out my profile and the answers I got…might help. I am going to check the wires to the crankshaft pos. Sensor thanks to your profile….thank you. Hope my answers help you…

Don’t all plugs have a ground going through it? The ignition ground is a special ground wire? I took a picture of a plug that’s in the middle of the coil packs what is this plug? Is it the plug I am looking for?

Okay I changed the crank position sensor plug same thing crank but no start….& no spark still…Aaaarrrrrrggggggg!!!!!! What could it possibly be? No more wires are pinched or broken. I put a new Nuetral Safety switch in but I had the metal pin on it to make sure I had it adjusted right, I know that being off alittle will make it not start but will it also make the plugs have no spark? Any ideas anyone?