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1. melted (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 17:54:37 -0400; Miss Marple died while engaging the clutch at a traffic light. To make a long story short, the positive ( ground ) battery connection had melted. Any theories as to why that happened? Robert Duquette; /html/spridgets/2002-10/msg00535.html (7,175 bytes)
2. Re: melted (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 15:15:07 -0700; To melt such a large lead would require mucho amps. Look for a major short of something like the starter. A short of any of the lights or guages would not draw enough amps to melt the Pos cable. My; /html/spridgets/2002-10/msg00538.html (8,014 bytes)
3. Re: melted (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 16:21:44 -0700; Possibly the connection wasn't clean and/or tight? Paul A /// unsubscribe/change address requests to majordomo@autox.team.net or try /// http://www.team.net/mailman/listinfo /// Archives at http://ww; /html/spridgets/2002-10/msg00539.html (7,847 bytes)
4. Re: melted (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 18:36:27 -0500; Old and "resistive" or new and "restive" battery cables will burn up without a lot of current draw, the key word is "resistive". You may have had the equivalent of only a few strands of that cable t; /html/spridgets/2002-10/msg00541.html (7,978 bytes)
5. Re: melted (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 20:44:02 -0400; For $2.30 + tax, I replaced the melted connector, dilectric greased the connection and started and test drove the car. ( I had wedged the wire between the connector and the battery to drive the short; /html/spridgets/2002-10/msg00551.html (7,896 bytes)
6. Re: melted (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 10:12:21 EDT; - - - - - - - - - - - - If it was the connector on the battery post that melted, it could have just been loose. Partial contact of the connector is the same thing as using a smaller guage wire, which; /html/spridgets/2002-10/msg00567.html (7,924 bytes)
7. Re: melted (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 09:34:39 -0500; I'm replying to this original post. I know you've repaired the failed connector, and all is good...... but is it? You say you had your foot on the clutch pedal. Significantly there is another ground; /html/spridgets/2002-10/msg00568.html (7,913 bytes)
8. Re: melted (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 18:47:41 -0400; Miss Marple is hard to start when it's around freezing temps. But, if I put a battery blanket around the SUs for a short time, she will start up pretty nicely. She does turn over well. I did remark t; /html/spridgets/2002-10/msg00589.html (8,149 bytes)
9. Re: melted (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 18:40:51 -0400; Hmmm! I'm the last person to have played with that. I had better check. I'm glad that I asked. The offending or offended connector looked like this: http://www3.sympatico.ca/robertduquette/temp/temp.; /html/spridgets/2002-10/msg00590.html (8,221 bytes)
10. Re: melted (score: 1): Author: Unknown; Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 17:42:38 -0400; When I first moved to Oregon, I was still using Madge as my daily driver. We had a couple of pretty cold winters, and I had no garage. I put a 15 watt bulb in my trouble light and put it under her bo; /html/spridgets/2002-10/msg00593.html (7,955 bytes)

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