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Old Feb 21, 2011 | 03:54 PM
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ok guys i have a 95 camaro with a lt1 and I was driving it today and it just quit runnning and i tried to restart it the battery was dead so i jumped it off and drove it about a mile.then the tranny would not shift right and it only let it get to about 3500 rpm and then it just died and nothing would come on so i tried to jump it off again and would not jump off so i towed the car home went and had the battery tested and they said the battery was still good.so has anyone else had this problem
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You check the alternator? Is it charging?
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Like above check the alternator.
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ok guys i have a 95 camaro with a lt1 and I was driving it today and it just quit runnning and i tried to restart it the battery was dead so i jumped it off and drove it about a mile.then the tranny would not shift right and it only let it get to about 3500 rpm and then it just died and nothing would come on so i tried to jump it off again and would not jump off so i towed the car home went and had the battery tested and they said the battery was still good.so has anyone else had this problem
Problem highlighted........J/K......+3 on the Alternator
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Old Feb 21, 2011 | 06:20 PM
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thats the problem there is no power to start the car cant even roll up the windows only thing it does is ding with the key is in
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other electrical items work?
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Old Feb 21, 2011 | 06:43 PM
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nope no power inside at all headlights wont even turn on no radio no nothing
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Sounds like you fried a fusible link or popped some fuses.
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checked all the fuses and they are all good and where in the hell are the fuseable links......lol
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Old Feb 22, 2011 | 03:29 PM
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Battery was all corroded and also spun a main bearing so gonna stroke it to a 383
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How do you know you spun a bearing? Did you have your foot in it when everything quit working?
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How do you know you spun a bearing? Did you have your foot in it when everything quit working?
Not having any details other then those above, this sounds fishy. Unless spun bearings typically produce electrical/charging issues.
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Originally Posted by SSmoked1
How do you know you spun a bearing? Did you have your foot in it when everything quit working?
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Not having any details other then those above, this sounds fishy. Unless spun bearings typically produce electrical/charging issues.
my guess is that some of the popped fuses made their way into the crankcase and it locked up the rotating assembly or some battery acid mixed in with the oil and toasted said bearing.

did someone tell you that you spun a bearing or did you see it for yourself?
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checked all the fuses and they are all good and where in the hell are the fuseable links......lol
looking at fuses doesn't mean they are good, ask regorih383 about that one lol
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looking at fuses doesn't mean they are good, ask regorih383 about that one lol
what happened to him?
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my guess is that some of the popped fuses made their way into the crankcase and it locked up the rotating assembly or some battery acid mixed in with the oil and toasted said bearing.
Thats Great! LMAO
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what happened to him?
he looked at the fuse saying it was good after i told him to replace it, which he didn't. so i started diagnosing and asked him if he had replaced it which he then had a smirk on his face. i pulled the fuse and it looked fine, but it was blown.
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Should be titled "Bad battery causes spun main bearing" because thats how LT1s do it. Just like "Water pump went out and totaled my distributor" Oh wait that does happen!
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