[DML] Re: Electrical problem, please help...

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sounds like a dead short. Your previous battery may have been OK but
drained by the short (it'll happen within minutes). Even if you got
the engine running, the short would have killed ignition shortly
thereafter.

Ensure none of the wires joined on the back of the starter motor are
grounding. There are so many, and they are so inflexible (with odd
shaped terminals no less), it is easy to do. I made a short little
pigtail to move my junction into mid air, leaving only one wire to
connect to the starter motor. I also added a second nut to the
solenoid stud to move my pigtail farther away.

The brown and red wires come BEFORE the fuse block. There's no
protection for a short down there.

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "TalksToGod" <5n-@xxxx> wrote:
> I just got my car all back together and today I was ready to start it.
> I tried to start it yesterday only my battery was junk. So I got a
> brand new battery for it and installed it. When I turned the key, that
> 4 second or however long buzzing and clicking took place like usual I
> hope you know which sound I'm talking about it comes from the relay
> compartment I think. Also the idle motor was buzzing showing that it
> was working- everything was working normally. Then I went to start the
> car and the starter cranked for about 6 seconds and then suddenly
> everything shut down........ Did I burn something out? Do you think I have something hooked up wrong? Thanks for your past and future responses everyone.
> Dan Benedek #5003.




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