Corrupt_Reverend
Well-Known Member
Finally got the new shifter in and the freshly rebuilt trans filled with fluid.
Went to start and after cranking a couple times, I saw a bunch of smoke!
Pulled the key and ran around to see what happened.
One wire that comes from the resistor had totally roasted.
Here's a picture of the wire at the resistor connection:
It's the left-most wire. You can kind of see the toasty insulation.
I tracked it and it ended in a cut:
Now, I'm not sure when that wire was cut. It may have been something the PO had done at some point and I just never noticed. If that's the case, I'm guessing his hack-job shorted on the firewall. Maybe had something to do with the factory A/C before the PO removed it? (Not sure why a/c would need ignition power?)
It's also possible that it got cut somehow in the madness of removing and reinstalling the transmission. I don't think that's what happened. I was really careful to make sure nothing got pinched etc. but it's still possible. I can't find anything else cut that it would have been part of though.
So does anyone know where that wire is supposed to run?
Thanks in advance!
~Rev.
Went to start and after cranking a couple times, I saw a bunch of smoke!
Pulled the key and ran around to see what happened.
One wire that comes from the resistor had totally roasted.
Here's a picture of the wire at the resistor connection:
It's the left-most wire. You can kind of see the toasty insulation.
I tracked it and it ended in a cut:
Now, I'm not sure when that wire was cut. It may have been something the PO had done at some point and I just never noticed. If that's the case, I'm guessing his hack-job shorted on the firewall. Maybe had something to do with the factory A/C before the PO removed it? (Not sure why a/c would need ignition power?)
It's also possible that it got cut somehow in the madness of removing and reinstalling the transmission. I don't think that's what happened. I was really careful to make sure nothing got pinched etc. but it's still possible. I can't find anything else cut that it would have been part of though.
So does anyone know where that wire is supposed to run?
Thanks in advance!
~Rev.