[Tigers] Electrical short during start attempt

[Gary Winblad]

Check the big ground strap down by the slave cylinder bracket.
Gary


On 7/20/2018 1:57 PM, Graham Harlowe via Tigers wrote:
> After gassing up this morning I went to restart the car.  When I turned the
> key, I got VERY slow and reluctant turnover (not enough to catch) and heavy
> draw on the voltmeter.  Turned the key again for another attempt I got the
> same thing and noticed a wisp of smoke from under the hood.  When I popped
> the hood, I noticed a burned/melted section of the wire harness in the
> vicinity of the alternator.  Dang.  Once home (tow truck), it appears a
> couple of ground wires had borne the burden of a short.  One of the scorched
> ground wires runs down the loom along with the temp sending unit wire and
> (on my car) attaches to a mount for the coil on the intake manifold.  The
> other fried ground wire attaches to the base of the ballast resistor.  I
> have a one-wire GM alternator, not the stock generator.
>
> I have the a wiring schematic, but a diagram of the harness and what these
> two wires (or perhaps one wire with two connections?) are supposed to serve
> as the ground for would be helpful.  I could splice in some new black wires,
> but that seems pointless without understanding what caused the short in the
> first place.  Any ideas where/how to look?
>
> Thanks much,
>
> Graham Harlowe
> B382001466
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