Got a bad ground
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Got a bad ground alright. car has been running fine since I got her back together and all of a sudden I burnt a ground strap from my block to frame. I replaced the the strap and when I go to turn the car over it gets hot as hell. I checked my ground side from my battery and found a loose cable on my starter. After I tightened it though it was the same thing.
Took the starter to get checked but it was completely fine... I checked all my positive side wires to make sure they didn't ground anywhere but couldn't find any. I even checked the alternator. At a loss guys...may even be the wrong forum but any help is going to be appreciated...Getting a little frustrated.
Took the starter to get checked but it was completely fine... I checked all my positive side wires to make sure they didn't ground anywhere but couldn't find any. I even checked the alternator. At a loss guys...may even be the wrong forum but any help is going to be appreciated...Getting a little frustrated.
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the ground cable that is running from the block to the frame is getting extremely hot.
no I don't mean a ground wire directly from battery to starter. I just meant as I was checking all wires I happen to find that one loose but that wasn't the issue.
no I don't mean a ground wire directly from battery to starter. I just meant as I was checking all wires I happen to find that one loose but that wasn't the issue.
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From: Turnin' Wrenches Infractions: 005
The wire would only get hot if power was being pulled through it. Does it (the ground) get hot when the starter is off the car? I would start disconnecting stuff to narrow it down. Start with the main cables at the battery. I recently replaced all mine as I was having intermittent starting and charging problems and I always had a dead battery. I ran 5 new cables: battery ground to fender, battery ground to motor, battery hot to starter, battery hot to remote/aux terminal, battery hot to alternator. Things have been great ever since.
