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| iwuzazombie |
 Mar 25 2023, 05:52 PM
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QUOTE(IronHillRestorations @ Mar 25 2023, 04:24 PM)  QUOTE(iwuzazombie @ Mar 25 2023, 01:42 PM) QUOTE(flipb @ Mar 25 2023, 01:40 PM) Didn't reconnect the transmission ground strap? Infamous dr914@autoatlanta.com mistake. It was running fine after I got it back. Fuse #4 was blowing after that which I finally traced to the reverse light switch, which was literally smoking. Up until minutes before I found that which took me a while and blew thru a bunch of fuses the car was starting fine. Once I found that, I pulled those really bad wires out and at that long the car no longer would start. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sad.gif) I’m going to bet that if you look up a the underside of the trunk floor, you will find the ground strap isn’t bolted to the ground buss. If so take a picture, call the shop and tell them they’ve created a problem. The starter grounds through the transmission via the ground strap. No ground and the starter will use whatever path it finds. Typically it’s the clutch cable. The reverse switch should never get hot like that. That was one of the grounds I checked actually when troubleshooting the blown fuse. I removed it, cleaned it up and put it back on. It was connected from after the Shop. |
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