Ya I decided to just replace that one cause no one had any idea how long the darn thing plunged. And the O ring was shot.

Anyhow I started unplugging different sensors and trying to start at each one. Got to the map sensor and nothing but there is one beside it no clue what it is but once I unplugged it started and was able to throttle up. When I plugged it back in instant death. Unplugged it no start again. At that point I knew I had a short in that area and a whole mess of wires. After much hair pulling turns out the clicks I was hearing when it was dying was the coil wire!

Yes the gd coil wire was dry rotten cracked in 2 places under its plastic shield.

Thanks for your time and help though very much appreciated.

 

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Listen Man just so happy I didn't read "Just picked up a 4.3...putting it in tomorrow"
Really Glad you got it.
Welcome aboard and happy motoring!

 

Ya I didn't have any of the cool guy tools to work with. If only I had started with unplugging testing and eliminating to begin with. I knew I heard that damn clicking and couldn't find any post or search with those results in it. I suppose those don't rot like this very often.

The reason I didn't fully check the coil wire was I had fire to all plugs and I swore that clicking was more center of the intake. Would have seen it in the dark!
Thanks again for sticking with me I really appreciated the feedback.