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

[Jan van de Wouw <delorean@xxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 01:35:22 -0000, "Matt Spittle" 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.

Check the ground-strap between the frame and the engine.

I've seen this befor on someone elses car; he had had the
engine out and forgot to put the strap back in.
Car would turn over VERY slowly and fionaly started to
smell funny. Turned out the only ground it still had was
through the shift-cable, as the engine is on rubber mounts...

Expensive learning curve at allmost $100,-
he'll NEVER forget the ground strap ever again :o)

JAN van de Wouw

Thinking Different...   Using a Mac...
Living the Dream...   Driving a DeLorean...

#05141 "Dagger" since Sept. 2000
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