{"id":23428,"date":"2015-01-20T13:03:20","date_gmt":"2015-01-20T18:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/?p=23428"},"modified":"2015-01-20T13:03:20","modified_gmt":"2015-01-20T18:03:20","slug":"2000-ford-ranger-6-cylinder-2wd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.freeautomechanic.com\/mechanic\/forum\/2015\/01\/2000-ford-ranger-6-cylinder-2wd","title":{"rendered":"2000 Ford Ranger 6 cylinder 2wd"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I adjusted the dimmer dial and the dash lights and running lights went out.  #11 fuse under the hood was burnt (15 mini)  I went to replace it and it sparked.  I made sure dimmer was set to off &amp; tried again.  No spark.  Started truck &amp; blew after 1 second.  Don&#8217;t know if this has anything to do with it, but after that, I left head lights on while poking around, battery now dead. (15 months old)  Also at that time, I heard a clicking from under steering wheel, truck off.  My driver window gets stuck and I hear the same clicking same place when I try to put window up.  Advance Auto said a short.  I am not experienced on where and how to check.  Thank You<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I adjusted the dimmer dial and the dash lights and running lights went out. #11 fuse under the hood was burnt (15 mini) I went to replace it and it sparked. I made sure dimmer was set to off &amp; tried again. No spark. Started truck &amp; blew after 1 second. 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