[DML] Re: What the hell is going on here...my shift cable MELTED?
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[DML] Re: What the hell is going on here...my shift cable MELTED?



Bill,

Have you ever measured the resistance between the HOT wires and 
ground in the car, with the battery disconnected from the circuit?  
On my car, this comes out to about 1 ohm.  Does this seem right?  
Consider the door lights, along with whatever else is "always on."

Matt
#1604


--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "content22207" <brobertson@xxxx> 
wrote:
> I'd suspect a dead short. Somewhere along the line you probably
> accidentially grounded the starter motor supply line to the block. 
Why
> it manifested itself there I do not know. Just be glad your battery
> didn't explode.
> 
> BTW: most people jump the solenoid trigger with a piece of little
> wire, not the big lines in & out themselves (starter motor pulls
> tremendous amperage straight from the battery. Very painful).
> 
> Bill Robertson
> #5939
> 
> >--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Matt Spittle" <supermatty@xxxx> 
wrote:
> > Yes, that's right folks.  Remember the other day I was talking 
about 
> > all that smoke I saw when I was trying to start my car with a 
> > wrench?  It turns out that it was the shift cable melting.  I 
found 
> > this out when I tried to wiggle the shift lever and it wouldn't 
> > budge.  So, I take a look underneath my car, and the black part 
of 
> > the manual transmission shift cable is all bubbled up and 
melted.  
> > What the HELL just happened here?????  BTW, I'm still trying to 
> > remove the shift cable, as it's not coming out easily.
> > 
> > 
> > Matt
> > #1604 - the cursed car




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