[richeich]

Yeah, it was internal. Although I wouldn't want to argue with anyone about a short being the proper diagnosis. I know an external short would possibly cause a fire, or the battery to explode. But since the car wouldn't start without a jump, and wouldn't keep running with the battery connected, I figured it was internally shorted to ground, and pulling the alternator voltage down to the point that the ECU basically would shut down. Maybe not a dead short, but enough to mess things up.