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

["Matt Spittle" <supermatty@xxxxxxx>]

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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