What the frig........I don't know where?

Joestang94 · 11-05-2001, 10:11 AM

I've been having some kind of electrical problem. I cleaned the ground wire from the battery to the chassis. I can't find the ground from the firewall to the driver side cylinder head so I can clean it. My car draws power whenever I turn on the heater or the defrost. It also does it wheneve the fan comes on. It drops all the way down to about 100 rpm at idle & almost stalls out. The other day my car died, I turned the key and nothing. I have a new battery, the charging system is fine (12.5 V with engine off & 14.8 with engine on). I had to make a spark on the pos. terminal to start it. Now my wipers won't turn off. I have to pull the fuse. Anyone ever experience this problem. I'm going nuts

SLIGHTLY_INSAIN · 11-05-2001, 11:39 PM

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HotRoddin · 11-06-2001, 12:52 AM

Sounds like you have the voltage but not the capacity to carry the current. put a load on it (the wipers or something that loads it down) then put your voltmeter lead on the neg battery terminal ...then with the other meter lead go down the line from the positive terminal ... terminal then cable clamp then the seleniod ... as you get away from the positive terminal somewhere along that line you're gonna find you've lost that 14.8 volts ..it will have droppped way down from that !! either a bad wire or a bad connection... your losing the ability to carry the current needed to operate things. Thats my two cents worth.

HotRoddin · 11-06-2001, 01:01 AM

Sounds like you have the voltage but not the capacity to carry the current. put a load on it (the wipers or something that loads it down) then put your voltmeter lead on the neg battery terminal ...then with the other meter lead go down the line from the positive terminal ... terminal then cable clamp then the seleniod ... as you get away from the positive terminal somewhere along that line you're gonna find you've lost that 14.8 volts ..it will have droppped way down from that !! either a bad wire or a bad connection... your losing the ability to carry the current needed to operate things. Thats my two cents worth.

Joestang94 · 11-06-2001, 10:20 AM

Thanks for the info. I have my local garage man looking at it rght now. If he ca't find the problem. I will try your suggestions. I just got fed up with it. I gave it away before I pulled all the wires out........LOL.
Again thanks.

11-05-2001, 10:11 AM	#1
Joestang94 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 12	What the frig........I don't know where? I've been having some kind of electrical problem. I cleaned the ground wire from the battery to the chassis. I can't find the ground from the firewall to the driver side cylinder head so I can clean it. My car draws power whenever I turn on the heater or the defrost. It also does it wheneve the fan comes on. It drops all the way down to about 100 rpm at idle & almost stalls out. The other day my car died, I turned the key and nothing. I have a new battery, the charging system is fine (12.5 V with engine off & 14.8 with engine on). I had to make a spark on the pos. terminal to start it. Now my wipers won't turn off. I have to pull the fuse. Anyone ever experience this problem. I'm going nuts

11-05-2001, 11:39 PM	#2
SLIGHTLY_INSAIN I AM ME!!!! Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Lake Forest Park wa USA Posts: 93	GHOSTS! ------------------ 1993 white 5.0 vert limited edition Clifford CYBER 2+ 22k on the clock StOcK My Mustang

11-06-2001, 12:52 AM	#3
HotRoddin cranky old man Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Longview Texas Posts: 683	Sounds like you have the voltage but not the capacity to carry the current. put a load on it (the wipers or something that loads it down) then put your voltmeter lead on the neg battery terminal ...then with the other meter lead go down the line from the positive terminal ... terminal then cable clamp then the seleniod ... as you get away from the positive terminal somewhere along that line you're gonna find you've lost that 14.8 volts ..it will have droppped way down from that !! either a bad wire or a bad connection... your losing the ability to carry the current needed to operate things. Thats my two cents worth.

11-06-2001, 01:01 AM	#4
HotRoddin cranky old man Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Longview Texas Posts: 683	Sounds like you have the voltage but not the capacity to carry the current. put a load on it (the wipers or something that loads it down) then put your voltmeter lead on the neg battery terminal ...then with the other meter lead go down the line from the positive terminal ... terminal then cable clamp then the seleniod ... as you get away from the positive terminal somewhere along that line you're gonna find you've lost that 14.8 volts ..it will have droppped way down from that !! either a bad wire or a bad connection... your losing the ability to carry the current needed to operate things. Thats my two cents worth.

11-06-2001, 10:20 AM	#5
Joestang94 Registered Member Join Date: Aug 2001 Posts: 12	Thanks for the info. I have my local garage man looking at it rght now. If he ca't find the problem. I will try your suggestions. I just got fed up with it. I gave it away before I pulled all the wires out........LOL. Again thanks.