P32 MH Engine Dying Abruptly
I have a 1995 Georgie Boy MH on a P32 chassis with 454 eng with TBI. MH only has 37,000 miles and spent the last several months doing extensive maintenance; coil springs, airbags, ball joints, fuel f...
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1969SSCamaro wrote:Brian in Michigan wrote:
Take a look at the back of the ignition switch. Look for any melting of plastic. Mine was so bad I'm surprised it didn't start a fire. My engine died a couple of times. The tip off was the bezel around the key would get warm after awhile. This is what mine looked like.
Switch
Edit, by the way mine will still run without the tank fuel pump. It just won't have the cojones for hills or acceleration.
WOW! That looked really bad. Is that connector located inside the steering column near the ingnition switch on the sterring column?
I noticed on my MH there is a "plunger-like" switch (at the bottom of steering column and readily accessible) that is controlled by a cable connected to the ignition switch - when I turn the ignition swithc the cable/plunger switch moves. But it must not be related to the ignition as there are only 2 wires and it will still start with it disconnected. This switch gets extremely hot (200 deg), but the wires feeding it (~18-20 AWG) do not get hot? Anyway, thanks for the information.
My switch is in the dash and that plug was located on the back of the switch. I could not see the problem til I pulled the switch out of the dash. Once driving down the highway I put on my turn signal and the engine just died. I touched the key and kaboom. The gas built up in the exhaust and when the ignition hit I thought the exhaust system was toast.
