NEGATIVE BATTERY WIRE STILL ARCHING
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NEGATIVE BATTERY WIRE STILL ARCHING
hey yall after my wire meltdown yesterday after i started my truck and it sounded like the starter kept trying to start, i went and got some thick 2gauge wire and made up new negative cable and i had both positive and negative off the battery and the key was off. so i went and put the negative cable up and no arch on the battery post but when i went to rehook the postive it arch an sparked. please some one help me and i have to wires touching any metal or exposed
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hey guys went to start my truck this afternoon and it started right up and made a wierd noise in the start so i shut it off and looked and smoke was coming under the hood so i open the hood to find the negative side main battery wire was melting the insulation off of itself and i unhooked it but when i put it back on the start clicks and the wire heats up again? any help please there is a hurricane coming my way and i need to move my truck
hey yall after my wire meltdown yesterday after i started my truck and it sounded like the starter kept trying to start, i went and got some thick 2gauge wire and made up new negative cable and i had both positive and negative off the battery and the key was off. so i went and put the negative cable up and no arch on the battery post but when i went to rehook the postive it arch an sparked. please some one help me and i have to wires touching any metal or exposedFrom Franklin2's diagrams:
The things are wear items, they burn up as time goes on. The contacts inside get welded together.
You might be able to tap on it some wtih a hammer and get it to free up, it might work for a little while afterwards but you should still replace it.
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I'm currently having that problem. I've changed the starter, the solenoid 3 times and the Ignition switch. Thought I fixed it the last time by fixing the ignition switch and solenoid at the same time but it will work for a while and eventually do it again. This last time some box thing that was connected to the negative wire started to smoke. Does anyone know what could be happening?
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I'm currently having that problem. I've changed the starter, the solenoid 3 times and the Ignition switch. Thought I fixed it the last time by fixing the ignition switch and solenoid at the same time but it will work for a while and eventually do it again. This last time some box thing that was connected to the negative wire started to smoke. Does anyone know what could be happening?
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I have a 1987 5.8L. Its a brand new battery. the starter went out and I had this shop just fix it cause I didn't want to deal with it so they have just been trading me the whole time. They are the motorcraft brand. One thing I did notice is that the way they hooked it up at the shop is the positive and extra wires are on the far prong and the wire to the starter is on the closest one to the battery. I don't know if that changes things.
So that last time when it was smoking, later when I went out when it was cooled down. I found that the negative wire just had a plastic casing to cover another metal object, but the wire burnt in half at that point. I also read that maybe the cable on my positive side isn't thick enough?
I love this truck but all these things make me want to just smash it up haha.
So that last time when it was smoking, later when I went out when it was cooled down. I found that the negative wire just had a plastic casing to cover another metal object, but the wire burnt in half at that point. I also read that maybe the cable on my positive side isn't thick enough?
I love this truck but all these things make me want to just smash it up haha.
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