Re: Bizarre electrical problem

["jtrealtywebspannet" <jtrealty@xxxx>]

My guess is "Jack The Ripper" was the last person to work on the 
wiring in this Delorean! Once you start looking at the wiring you will 
find all kinds of crossfeeds and wiring problems. Start at the source, 
the battery, and move to the fuseblock, plugs and wiring harnesses. 
Make sure all of the ground connections are intact. When you have 
problems like this you have to assume that there are "repairs" all 
over so you must inspect everything. Be sure of the correct size fuse 
in the right spots and same goes for bulbs. Many of our cars have gone 
through several hands and not all knew what they were doing. It is 
also possible that there is a problem in a wiring harness, either it 
got caught in something and some wires are shorting or maybe even a 
section got melted. Nothing can substitute for a THOURGH visual and 
physical inspection of all the wiring and hidden areas. This can take 
a while but that may be what it takes to find all of the problems. Be 
careful with the wiring diagrams, there are some subtle errors on them 
and they are mostly for the 81's. This problem is also a drain on the 
battery and if it sits too long will kill it. Undocumented 
modifacations are the worst, like alarms, hidden switches, auxilliary 
functions, radios, etc. Best thing to do is disconnect them and hope 
problems go away.
David Teitelbaum
vin 10757


--- In dmcnews@xxxx, "content22207" <brobertson@xxxx> wrote:
> Switching itself? Not switching when the trigger is reattached? Are
> you sure the relay itself isn't sick? Can Rich borrow one of 
yours...
> 
> Re: wiring diagrams -- we all love to reinvent our automobiles 
(myself
> included). Sometimes it's safety. Sometimes it's survival (have you
> considered simply switching that relay's trigger from under the 
dash?)
> The down side is we end up with wiring diagrams of dubious 
usefulness.
> Goober, the friendly neighborhood Volvo mechanic, played with my
> harness in the engine compartment when he swapped PRV's, but I'm
> finding all sorts of electrical surprises in places I don't think
> Goober ever went. Of course I'm just making matters worse with 
hidden
> headlight switches (finally fried the dash switch BTW -- thank