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 To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/