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Post by 71se3834v on Apr 27, 2021 19:28:34 GMT -5
Typically the red wire will overheat and melt causing at minimum, like mine, to have a neighboring wire to stick to it or full blown cause a fire. My bulkhead has melted slightly and burnt. I was thinking in your case that if the bulkhead melted enough you could be getting a crossover to another ciruit.
Posted this before reading page 5. Have you checked under the dash for melted wires?
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Post by xx2pro4uxx20 on Apr 27, 2021 19:33:24 GMT -5
Yeah in my case it's not the red wire. I didn't look and see which one it was but it's not one that would cause that to happen.
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Post by xx2pro4uxx20 on Apr 27, 2021 19:39:28 GMT -5
I'm thinking that someone wired the ignition switch up wrong. Wiring a charged cable to what should be the ground maybe which would charge everything else
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Post by xx2pro4uxx20 on Apr 27, 2021 20:54:42 GMT -5
Also to answer your question, I don't think there are any under the dash. I've seen some in the engine bay but I don't think there are any under there
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Post by xx2pro4uxx20 on Apr 28, 2021 9:30:02 GMT -5
Typically the red wire will overheat and melt causing at minimum, like mine, to have a neighboring wire to stick to it or full blown cause a fire. My bulkhead has melted slightly and burnt. I was thinking in your case that if the bulkhead melted enough you could be getting a crossover to another ciruit. Posted this before reading page 5. Have you checked under the dash for melted wires? Hey you might be able to help. Did you watch the video?
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Post by 71se3834v on Apr 28, 2021 22:14:54 GMT -5
Typically the red wire will overheat and melt causing at minimum, like mine, to have a neighboring wire to stick to it or full blown cause a fire. My bulkhead has melted slightly and burnt. I was thinking in your case that if the bulkhead melted enough you could be getting a crossover to another ciruit. Posted this before reading page 5. Have you checked under the dash for melted wires? Hey you might be able to help. Did you watch the video? I did and as much as I could see with the camera moving around so much I can see the burnt spot on the bulkhead so no doubt you have some burnt or melted wires on the interior. You have a minor draw of power going to ground as the test light looks dim to me. If you were getting 12v and low amps to ground the light would be bright. If you had 10-20 amps going to ground through a fuse it would blow. If you had more and no fuse it would fry the wire. Don't touch the end of your test/jumper wire to ground while connected to positive or it'll fry. Been there, done that. Since from what I could see, a dim light, I would suspect a positive wire is slightly grounding somewhere. A wire rubbed through and touching rusty metal or maybe 2 wires melted feeding back to ground might only pass a low amount of voltage giving a dim light. To me if you had a positive wire connected wrong to a ground you'd get a bright light. I would find the wire under the dash, opposite of the burnt socket thats under the hood and follow the wire to make sure it is not melted somewhere before doing anything else.
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Post by xx2pro4uxx20 on Apr 29, 2021 2:57:23 GMT -5
Alright sounds like a plan. And I think it was just dim because it was a bad spot. If I touch it to a good spot then it's basically as bright as touching it straight to the battery
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Post by Nacho-RT74 on Apr 29, 2021 9:24:54 GMT -5
sorry guys I have been REALLY busy... ( which doesn't mean getting money for what keeps me busy ) the first weak point of the charging network is the bulkhead but TIPICALLY the black wire coming from alt stud is the first spot it melts at bulkhead... then the red. but is weird just get the red path melted at bulkhead. The charging network goes like this. So check if the red wire goes straight to the ammeter, no other splice on it.... and check melted wires covers around.
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Post by xx2pro4uxx20 on Apr 29, 2021 9:37:58 GMT -5
sorry guys I have been REALLY busy... ( which doesn't mean getting money for that ) Its all good. We all have lives. No need to be sorry.
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Post by Nacho-RT74 on Apr 29, 2021 9:40:55 GMT -5
just edited the post adding the main wiring diagram while you quoted me... will post later more
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