I need some help trouble shooting this before I start unnecessary disassembly.
97, 7.3, almost stock, 185000 miles
If its 20+ outside she might start but if its below that your screwed.
I have Ohm readings on the right side of .8 to 1.2 The left side seems to be an open. I'm thinking burnt wires inside the valve covers?

Thanks,
Bert

 

Check the all around that side and the connection where it plugs into the valve cover. Maybe take some electra clean and spray er down, and see if that helps. If a no go there, probably going to have to tear into the valve cover.

 

I was just out there doing some more checking and found that the harness leading to that bank has an open also. I'm going to unwrap the harness on top of the engine first.

 

Harness leading to left bank and wires inside the valve cover were burnt off.

 

Ouch!! Might be able to find a good harness on a truck in a salvage yard.

 

I called the salvage yards yesterday AM......No luck finding just the harness. They all claim if it ran when it came in you can't strip parts from the engine.

I found half of the parts I needed at two different dealerships.(30 miles apart) One dealer had the plug ends and the other had the wire harness.

I finished putting everything back together at 8:30 last night. I didn't plug her in last night on purpose. Today its 17 degrees with a stiff wind......and she fired right up with a double glowplug heat up. She was a little loud but I think my neighbors enjoy the smell of raw diesel in the morning. I saw enough blue smoke to cover at least a 1/4 acre.

 

Good deal!!!