[Shotimes] Electrical

[Leigh Smith]

I'd think a short. While checking voltage, Cable short if it's all the time.
Ignition switch possibly, or starter if the voltage only drops then.

Check those cables. I almost lost my SHO due to 'em. see copy below:
Lee

Marlene;
I almost lost my Silver Streak 89 due to a cable short. It led to a fire.
I think all the 90-91 Gen is have the same setup as the 89, as long as they
have the starter solenoid mounted over on the driver side fenderwell.
There is an extremely long, constantly hot positive battery cable, that runs
from the passenger side battery to that solenoid. It must be 6-8 feet long.
IT IS NOT FUSED AT ALL. A 400 amp battery can and will throw tremendous
sparks when it is grounded. And it won't stop, cause there is no fuse or
fusible link. Mine rubbed a bracket near the clutch lever, and cut thru the
insulation. It caused many annoying pops, clicks, bucking, and voltage drops
until it caught fire one day...
For Barts sake, check every inch of those long battery cables, especially
where-ever they come into close proximity of something metal that they could
rub against to abraid the insulation. I bought new ford cables cause they
fit better, and tie-wrapped a couple of key points in garden hose for extra
protection.
Lee

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kenneth" <_cajun_@myway.com>
To: <krazgeo@comcast.net>
Cc: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 08, 2005 3:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Electrical


> The new battery I put in had over 12 volts.When I tried to
start....nothing.Tach went nucking futs.WOW,I turned the head lights on and
off with the key in the on posistion,went from zero to crazy.Turned the
lights back off and then the tach settled back to zero.Turned the key off
then it it moved from 4k to zero then went all the way around till it hit
the zero pin.Backwards.I immediatly did a voltage check...8.45 with the
cables on.Took both cables off 11.89.Would a bad starter cause this?Its 10
years old and over 100k
>
>
> Kenneth C.
> '90 Betsy(Drippy)
> '90 Red
> '92 SHO-SHO
>
>  --- On Sat 10/08, George Fourchy < krazgeo@comcast.net > wrote:
> From: George Fourchy [mailto: krazgeo@comcast.net]
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Date: Sat, 08 Oct 2005 08:52:50 -0700
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Electrical
>
> On Fri,  7 Oct 2005 16:58:40 -0400 (EDT), Kenneth wrote:<br><br>>Would a
low battery(5.49 amp)make the tach go nuts?Like move to 4k while
starting.<br><br>Yes it will.<br><br>When I left a car (Plus from Hell) at
my preferred shop for long term a/c work, the<br>battery ran down over
time...it was there a month or so.  They use a small power<br>pack to start
dead-battery cars, and when I used it to crank this one, the tach<br>jumped
to about 4 or 5 K rpm the instant I turned the key.  By the time I let go,
it<br>was all the way around to the high side.  It stayed there, and was
unusable until it<br>was reset.  The car started ok, but it had no speedo
and now no tach.  That's an<br>interesting experience...driving a SHO with
NO speed indication.<br><br>I had heard about that tach thing happening
before, and it definitely was the cause<br>for me....low cranking
amperage.<br><br>If your battery only has 8 volts, it is definitely
discharged.  Charge it overnight,<br>like Paul
> said.  If it still won't crank the car at the speed you are used
to<br>hearing, get a new one.  Apparent cranking speed is the first
indication of a dying<br>battery, at least for me.  If the cranking speed
starts slower than normal then<br>speeds up, you are about to lose the
battery.  It's happened twice, on Lowrider, and<br>also on one of the
Mustangs...in that case it wound up stranding my daughter in the<br>middle
of nowhere at 2
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