Grimreaper86
New Member
I have a 1999 Thomas International 3800 with a DT466E engine. It ran when I got it. I parked it in my drive way. Started it twice after that. The second time I started it; I moved it a little and I played with some of the light switches and the stop sign thing because I had never done that. After that, my batteries died because I left one of those switches on for thawing your wing mirror or something and I didn't come back to it for like 3 days. It drained them so much I couldn't charge them. I went and bought new batteries. Since then, I have not been able to get it to run. It will crank, but it won't start without starter fluid and it won't run at all without it. It's obviously not getting fuel and I think it's electrical related and so does the most recent mobile mechanic I had out here. Here is what I've done myself. Replaced an ICP sensor, replaced the ECM, replaced fuel filter, replaced fuel starter pump, replaced fuel primer pump, ICP valve, and replaced the crankshaft sensor. The mechanic who said he thought it was electrical normally works on semi's...his boss said he thought there should be a fuse box on the fire wall on the drivers side that should have some sort of 80 amp fuel filter fuse but that fuse box isn't there in this bus. Probably because it's not a semi. I only can find two area for fuses. One right next to the drivers seat where all the light and fan switches are and the other on the front dash sort of to the right of center a little. Neither of those locations looks like it has what this guy is talking about. He said his shop could figure it out for sure but that means towing this bus there and just towing it there is going to be $600...all for what is likely a damn fuse we just can't find. I'll go that route if I have to but I'd really just rather try to fix it myself if I can find this fuse that might be causing this issue. Does anyone have any incite or ideas that on where I might find the culprit of my issue? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.