Electrical problem with stereo.

[mopar_rob2001]

OK whenever the car is not running ANY thing I do electrically will cause my speakers to "pop" and my stereo turns off, After about 2 or 3 seconds it comes back on. To include the dome light coming on the blinker coming on the headlights I mean anything that draws the slightest bit of power. If the car is running I can hear the pop in the speakers but it doesnt kill my radio. Any thoughts? Also my blinkers flash somewhat sporatically maybe relates to this problem.

 

[mopar_rob2001]

if anyone cares to know I figured this out, it was a short in the wire that runs from the alternator, to the fire wall, to the alternator gauge.

 

[63VALIANT*KISS]

did u have to take the wraping off to find it.

 

[mopar_rob2001]

Well I found a burnt/melted portion of the wiring harness behind the dash so I started to investigate further and soon realized that I was lucky the whole damn thing didnt light on fire lol. That wire had burned through several other wires it was next to. So I spent pretty much the whole day repairing wires and re wraping them all.

 

[67Dart273]

These kinds of problems can be a mess. Frankly this sounds like one more episode in the saga of "Ma, how not to design a bulkhead feedthrough."

Have you read up on the MAD electrical stuff on bypassing the ammeter, etc?