Need help, friends car with electrical problem!

Coupe5oh · 03-18-2002, 11:32 PM

His car is an 85 coupe, carbed motor, original 4 banger i think (now 347 forged, tfs heads), anyway we just torqued down the heads after replacing head gaskets, he also bought a brand new battery, it is trunk mounted, he hooked up the battery, and a wire started cooking in the engine compartment? It came out of a harness, a green wire that goes to the starter solenoid?? is it just because the wiring cant handle the juice? it is a badazz battery that has lots of cranking power? i know these problems are always a mystery, but since its a non efi motor, it should be easy to trace? im stumped though. any opinions are welcome thnx fellas...

Also, he is trying to hook up gauges in the process, but he says he cant find the fuse box, that i didnt look for.

MDM · 03-25-2002, 10:53 PM

did the wire start to melt when he tried starting the car or as soon as the battery was hooked up?

RoadWarrior · 03-27-2002, 01:29 AM

Make sure the engine has good grounds and all the wires have good connections. My car wouldnt start and nearly burnt up my ground strap because i didnt have a good enough ground. So now i have like 3. And mines a carbed 82 with the batt in the back. And sometimes if you go to a higher amperage batt you might have to use bigger cables to handle the power.

03-18-2002, 11:32 PM	#1
Coupe5oh Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: SanAntonio, Tx Posts: 734	Need help, friends car with electrical problem! His car is an 85 coupe, carbed motor, original 4 banger i think (now 347 forged, tfs heads), anyway we just torqued down the heads after replacing head gaskets, he also bought a brand new battery, it is trunk mounted, he hooked up the battery, and a wire started cooking in the engine compartment? It came out of a harness, a green wire that goes to the starter solenoid?? is it just because the wiring cant handle the juice? it is a badazz battery that has lots of cranking power? i know these problems are always a mystery, but since its a non efi motor, it should be easy to trace? im stumped though. any opinions are welcome thnx fellas... Also, he is trying to hook up gauges in the process, but he says he cant find the fuse box, that i didnt look for. __________________ Police package 5spd 90 Lx, Stock original motor, 3.27grs, BM fan, fms 10.5 clutch, D&D quadrant, and adjuster, ADS chip, 180 stat, mac cai, mac h-pipe, mac subframe connectors, ASP crank pulley, ripper shifter, 26x10.5 M/T sport pros welds. 246 hp according to analyzer Race weight: 3,120 E.t-13.57 with 26x10.50's e.t. streets. 1.88 60' mph- 99.92 mph

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03-25-2002, 10:53 PM	#2
MDM Registered Member Join Date: Feb 2000 Location: Flemington, NJ USA Posts: 166	did the wire start to melt when he tried starting the car or as soon as the battery was hooked up?

03-27-2002, 01:29 AM	#3
RoadWarrior Registered Member Join Date: Apr 2000 Location: Edmonton,Alberta,Canada Posts: 317	Make sure the engine has good grounds and all the wires have good connections. My car wouldnt start and nearly burnt up my ground strap because i didnt have a good enough ground. So now i have like 3. And mines a carbed 82 with the batt in the back. And sometimes if you go to a higher amperage batt you might have to use bigger cables to handle the power.