[spyman.steve]

My van suddenly stopped turning over on the next day when I tried to crank it up and hit the gym. I then towed it to a shop and they sent me this pic stating that the pigtail to the ckps is damaged. I had this issue a while back like last year. Now the say this could fix the crank no start issue but we don’t guarantee it. They wanna charge me $250 to repair that pigtail which I can do it for as little as $25 not $250. So do you think this is the culprit to the no start issue?

 

[Mmusicman]

Normally I'd say fix it yourself.
Easy fix.

However, they are right, no guarantee this wiring has actually failed and is the actual culprit. Most likely it "looks" like it is. But if it isn't, are you going to tow the van back to the shop again? And if it's there now.. are you going to "fix" it yourself on their property? PLUS.. who diagnosed and discovered the likely culprit?

 

[tungtide]

Either way that should get done. I like 25 butter than 250

 

[ehbrown1]

Have had exact same problem with my 2002. Driving down the road one day, flame out. Had the van toed. Problem turned out to be the crank sensor. Replaced the sensor and repaired the wires and it worked perfectly. Been running fine ever since., From the looks of your wiring, the two crossed wires are definitely a no no.

 

[AstroWill]

They wanna charge me $250 to repair that pigtail which I can do it for as little as $25 not $250.

As long as you can get it started and get it home or wherever to fix it, fix it yourself. At least that is what I would do.

 

[ehbrown1]

Yes, actually just separate those wires and see if it starts. If it does, wrap a piece of tape around each of them temporarily. Take it home and repair it the right way yourself and you should be good to go for a few dollars. A decent mechanic could have done that for you so you could drive it home and recommended the proper repair at a later point in time. It looks like the short was between the yellow(signal) wire and the purple(ground to VCM). I would check and repair each of the three wires as the third wire green(12v +) from fuse block looks like has very few conductors left in tact.

This photo was of my latest menagerie I've was blessed with finding.

 

[spyman.steve]

Yes, actually just separate those wires and see if it starts. If it does, wrap a piece of tape around each of them temporarily. Take it home and repair it the right way yourself and you should be good to go for a few dollars. A decent mechanic could have done that for you so you could drive it home and recommended the proper repair at a later point in time. It looks like the short was between the yellow(signal) wire and the purple(ground to VCM). I would check and repair each of the three wires as the third wire green(12v +) from fuse block looks like has very few conductors left in tact.

This photo was of my latest menagerie I've was blessed with finding. View attachment 288010

Thank you....