[DMCForum] Re: Down for season

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dead shorts -- when your battery is grounding out through the entire
car -- generally don't create sparks or enough heat to blow a fuse, as
a short through a single wire does. But they will kill your battery in
short order. Happened to my DeLo when the terminal on a line to the
back of the starter solenoid touched the block (that's why I now run a
6" pigtail from the solenoid to a less congested junction in mid air,
wrapped in electrical tape of course). Happened on my AMC when the
automatic choke supply line grounded against the side of the
carburetor (alternator idiot light glowed dimly, and it couldn't
recharge the battery).

Bill Robertson
#5939 

>--- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, DMCVIN6683 <dmcvin6683@xxxx> wrote:
> I cant figure out why it wouldn't blow either. The fuse should blow so 
> it is not making any sense to me either.
> 
> I am going to remove the t-panel but getting the time to do it will not 
> be as easy.
> 
> Mark V
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Sep 12, 2005, at 9:13 PM, Marc Levy wrote:
> 
> > Why did the fuse not blow??
> >
> > You can get to the door wire hirness by removing the
> > T-Pannel.  it is not a difficult job.
> >
> >
> > --- DMCVIN6683 <dmcvin6683@xxxx> wrote:
> >
> >> I think my car is down for the season due to an
> >> electrical short that
> >> killed my new battery Sunday. I tried to charge the
> >> battery and it was
> >> shorting out my charger.
> >>
> >> I diagnosed my problem by removing my battery and
> >> connecting my
> >> electrical tester on the negative and positive
> >> battery terminals and
> >> started to remove one fuse at a time till i
> >> discovered the short. The
> >> short is for my interior and door lights. I have to
> >> remove the roof
> >> section because i think that is where the short is
> >> because my tester
> >> beeps almost every time i wiggle the door wiring
> >> harness. My car is off
> >> the road till next year unless i can kill the short
> >> and keep my
> >> interior lights any everything else working. I am
> >> not happy because of
> >> this new problem.
> >>
> >> Anyways if i cant correct this problem or give it a
> >> band-aid it will
> >> give me a jump start at removing my engine and
> >> starting my winter
> >> project.
> >>
> >> This is a sneaky problem that might just be a
> >> problem that others are
> >> having where there battery mystery just goes dead
> >> because when i hook
> >> up the new battery everything just seems fine but
> >> the short is still
> >> there and it doesnt blow fuses.
> >>
> >> My car would always keep the battery charged for
> >> months so i know this
> >> problem  just started.
> >>
> >> Mark V
> >>
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> >> removed]
> >>
> >>
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