Help with battery relocation! jumping gauges
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Help with battery relocation! jumping gauges ok so i did the battery relocation on my trans am used a 2ga wire got a distribution block for the front ground out the motor on both heads and grounded the original wire that was hooked up to the battery, then out back i have it grounded to the frame and seatbelt bolt, and i ran the power wire inside the car and i ran it to a 150amp circuit breaker then about 10inches to the battery i checked all my grounds all are good and my connection are tight on the distribution block up front but after the car sits for about 2 to 3 hours it will start fine but all the gauges jump and clock and odometer reset, but after is starts and runs for 10 minutes and i shut it off wait 5 min start it again its fine sometimes it fine after 5min or 20min, do you think it can be the circuit breaker making a big restriction when i check the battery i have a constant 12.31 volts and 14.40 when running
thanks for all the info
thanks for all the info
my car did the same thing and i found the problem was a lot less frequent when I removed the aftermarker security system. It wasn't the whole security system just an aftermarket starter kill. It was just a little box behind the drivers headlight. It made you have to have the left blinker on to start the motor. I removed it and the problem was way less frequent. I still have the problem every once in a while but only when the car has been sitting for a long time or cold temperatures. I think it's because it lowers the power the battery is putting out. it starts fine but resets the tripometer, radio presets, and does a gage sweep. on a time when your car would normally have the problem, try jumping your car with another car and see if the increased amps will cause the problem to go away. if so, just get a stronger battery.
