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06-11-2002, 11:08 PM
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I decided that my 69 gto convert needed some new battery cables, so the process of replacing the old crudy ones, I also replaced the worn out/spliced/melted red wire that goes from the starter to the altenator. I go to start up the car, turn the key and...nothing. Now here is the kicker, I pull out the trusty test light and after an hour of probing discover that the altenator, valve covers, air cleaner, hood, fenders are all positivly charged! I double checked the wires on the starter, none of them are grounding out, once I turn the key off the above items no longer carry a charge. Any ideas??? Again the only wires I changed were the battery + lead, and the wire to the altenator...
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06-11-2002, 11:08 PM
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I decided that my 69 gto convert needed some new battery cables, so the process of replacing the old crudy ones, I also replaced the worn out/spliced/melted red wire that goes from the starter to the altenator. I go to start up the car, turn the key and...nothing. Now here is the kicker, I pull out the trusty test light and after an hour of probing discover that the altenator, valve covers, air cleaner, hood, fenders are all positivly charged! I double checked the wires on the starter, none of them are grounding out, once I turn the key off the above items no longer carry a charge. Any ideas??? Again the only wires I changed were the battery + lead, and the wire to the altenator...
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06-12-2002, 10:05 AM
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How did you determine that the items are "positively charged"?
Regards, George
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06-12-2002, 04:47 PM
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Sounds like you have no power at the ignition switch and everything is feeding thru backwards up to the regulator. Not sure if gto same as bird but there is a red traveler wire off the positive cable that connected to isolaters on my rad craddle and found it's way to the external voltage regulator. alan
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06-12-2002, 08:35 PM
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You have an extremely bad ground problem. Go back and check the negative lead from the battery to the engine block. Any time you have power on the ground side of a circuit, you have a bad ground.
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06-12-2002, 11:15 PM
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OK class, can anyone tell me the cause of 99% of electrical problems out there? That is correct, a bad ground.
After removing the starter twice to check if the wires were grounding against the block I completely forgot that the first new ground cable I bought was just a little too short, so I just slapped one in that I had laying in a drawer to get by until I got the new one. Well, I never thought to test that cable...I replaced it with a brand new one, and PRESTO! Problem solved! Thanks for all the help! |
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