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Okay so my wrench called last night. Car was all finished & he went to fire it up. Turns over fine but no start. This is what it was doing before the fire. Also off & on it has plagued me since I got the car. I've replaced the ignition with multiple times. I added a push button for the starter to take that off the switch. Seemed like there was to much power going through it which I thought was from the starter. Obviously it is not.
One thing is almost without fail as soon as I put in a new switch & use it I get smoke from it every time. It would be fine right after the brief smoke so I didnt worry to much about it. What else is feeding the ignition switch that may be pushing to much power through it? What do you guys recommend doing here? Cutting out the switch completely? Do you think the problem lies somewhere besides the switch? |
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Newbie ![]() Group: Members Posts: 3 Joined: 21-December 14 From: Bend, OR Member No.: 18,243 Region Association: Pacific Northwest ![]() |
I'm no stranger to grounding! I sale in house custom made grounding kits for subaru's. I like direct from the battery to the fender, alt, intake manifold , strut tower and of course the starter. No daisy chain.
Originally, when Jamie brought me the car, the main ground from the battery was to the transmission near the axle (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif)! Normally on a Subaru, the main ground from the battery is to the tab on the upper main bolt for the trans-motor-starter so I moved it there. I then added a ground from under the trunk to the transmission case (as Subaru does trans to firewall). The direct ground from the battery to the chassis is good. I didn't feel the need to go nuts adding other grounds just yet but I may very well add a few before I'm done. I haven't had a chance to put a ohms meter on it yet (I'm currently in route to LA) but will once I get back to Bend. |
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