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dc70 04-01-2007 08:53 PM



Today was supposed to be the big day. The day I cranked up my 2 year frame off resto project. I added all my fluids and attemted to connect my positive cable (after ground of course) and bam, sparks! Sparks so bad that I singed the fuse link down at the solenoid. What is really bothersome is that I used new harnesses throughout. I have looked for anything that may be grounding out that shouldn't be, but yet to find the problem. Any ideas? I know there are dozens of reasons this could be. I just ordered colored schematics off of e-bay. Wow, what a bummer.


Any help would be appreciated.


Thanks,


DavidEdited by: dc70

Brad10071977 04-01-2007 11:23 PM

Um, aren't you supposed to hook up the positive first, then the negative? Maybe this caused the problem.

dc70 04-02-2007 01:06 AM




Originally Posted by Brad10071977
Um, aren't you supposed to hook up the positive first, then the negative? Maybe this caused the problem.





Yeah man, I was so freaked out when the thing blew the fusible link that I wasn't thinking straight. Anyhow, good news, it turned out to be the alternator. Like I said, this was a frame off resto and I rebuilt everything that was rebuildable rather than just replacing them with remans, anyhow, I guess I flubbed the alternator up. Well, anyway, she is sounding mean, lean and quite like the runnin' machine.


CIAO!

Brad10071977 04-02-2007 08:45 AM

Lol. Had me thinkin there. Glad to hear she's runnin good. If you did all that rebuild, and all you flubbed up is the alt. Then I guess that's pretty good.


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