Well..... My car caught on fire.... :( - Page 3

GreenMarine · #31 08-30-2005, 07:43 AM

Here are the ones that are whe weirdest of all.... My brake cable snapped clear through.... When I repped the consol off (cause there was smoke coming from underneath it)... I found the brake cable glowing!!! and it had snapped!!!

Thanks guys!!! This is all I can get this morning without really ripping anything off.... I appreciate any help I can get.... Thanks again

GreenMarine · #32 08-30-2005, 07:58 AM

Sorry I won't be around to answer questions guys... I have work till 3:30pm.... Talk to youguys then!!!

SVXRide · #33 08-30-2005, 08:27 AM

Chris,
I'd start by disconnecting the ground wire up by the battery and cleaning it up before screwing it back down. Then I'd move to the area of the fire and peel back the wire loom around the wires in that area to see if some of the wires within the looms haven't melted together.
-Bill

rmjjensen · #34 08-30-2005, 10:00 AM

You are in luck my friend. ...well hopefully.

That ground that connects the battery to the chassis is the only ground in the SVX that connects directly to the chassis. The larger wire goes to the starter mount and there are various grounds that connect the engine/trans/exhaust to the chassis.

But that main ground is shot - change the entire thing and make it thicker. Also clean away all that black mess around it. The parking brake cable is not weird at all. Reason being is that is a hell of a good ground when the main one fails. All the electronics were then using that parking brake cable as ground point hence causing it to get hot.

Try changing that battery -> chassis ground and give it a go. Good luck.

Aredubjay · #35 08-30-2005, 10:02 AM

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Originally Posted by GreenMarineSVX

Pistures coming within the hour....

Are "Pistures" photographs you take when you're Pissed?

GreenMarine · #36 08-30-2005, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Aredubjay

Are "Pistures" photographs you take when you're Pissed?

Probably

Thanks for having a sense of humor about it Randy

GreenMarine · #37 08-30-2005, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by rmjjensen

You are in luck my friend. ...well hopefully.

That ground that connects the battery to the chassis is the only ground in the SVX that connects directly to the chassis. The larger wire goes to the starter mount and there are various grounds that connect the engine/trans/exhaust to the chassis.

But that main ground is shot - change the entire thing and make it thicker. Also clean away all that black mess around it. The parking brake cable is not weird at all. Reason being is that is a hell of a good ground when the main one fails. All the electronics were then using that parking brake cable as ground point hence causing it to get hot.

Try changing that battery -> chassis ground and give it a go. Good luck.

Thanks Mate!!! Awesome advice.... I'm gonna do it now before I have to go to class and give it a shot!!! I'll post back with the results

GreenMarine · #38 08-30-2005, 02:47 PM

Alright, well I got in there... Took the battery out, cleaned the terminals... Took out that bad (burnt out ground).... Just happen to have an extra wire to use to make a ground.... I am off to get a set of pliers at the moment though... Then I head to class, I'll be back around 8pm tonight... I may go out there and work on it a bit tonight just because I am feeling very optomistic about it and really hoping that this will be the end of my worries.... I'll let everyone know!!!

Chiketkd · #39 08-30-2005, 02:53 PM

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Originally Posted by GreenMarineSVX

Alright, well I got in there... Took the battery out, cleaned the terminals... Took out that bad (burnt out ground).... Just happen to have an extra wire to use to make a ground.... I am off to get a set of pliers at the moment though... Then I head to class, I'll be back around 8pm tonight... I may go out there and work on it a bit tonight just because I am feeling very optomistic about it and really hoping that this will be the end of my worries.... I'll let everyone know!!!

Good luck Chris. I'll keep my fingers crossed for ya!

-Chike

ssnsltd · #40 08-30-2005, 03:11 PM

I sure hope that works, but I don't think that is your problem. My 95 runs fine with that ground wire completely detached.

GreenMarine · #41 08-30-2005, 06:12 PM

Well, I've got alot of homework tonight... So if I get out there and work on it, it will be alittle later on tonight... I'll keep everyone posted though!!

rmjjensen · #42 08-30-2005, 07:03 PM

cool. You never know - changing the ground is just a good place to start. But there is evidence it is bad because your parking brake cable got hot from flowing electricity.

Also check any melted wires and seperate them if they're fused together ....replace any that are really bad.

Subafreak · #43 08-30-2005, 07:58 PM

Well I'm assuming possiblythat the E-brake cable rubbed thrue a radio power cable? Or am I seeing things that arn't there?

GreenMarine · #44 08-30-2005, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by Subafreak

Well I'm assuming possiblythat the E-brake cable rubbed thrue a radio power cable? Or am I seeing things that arn't there?

That could be true too man... I'll be chacking it all when I take as much stuff out of the interior as possible... I'll definitly post what I find... Thanks for the suggestion though!!

oab_au · #45 08-30-2005, 08:37 PM

This hasn't been an ordinary short. There has been at least 150 amps flowing there. I have seen this type of short when the main ground to the engine has been disconnected. The starter draws about 250 amps, this current has to get back to the negitive pole of the battery, if the main ground lead that runs from the negitive terminal to the engine block doesn't provide the path, every metal connection between the engine block and the body will have to carry it. That leaves the small ground from the body to the negitive side of the battery to carry the current, so it burnt up.

Thats why the hand brake cable, the clutch pipe, throttle cable, and all the small ground wires that run from the engine to the body get overheated. I think the shorting will only be in the ground wires, like the one that runs from the back of the engine to the firewall, ect. Maybe it won't be too bad Chris.

Harvey. (won't let me post smiles)