inlawZ Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 hey everyone, my brothers car is sitting on the side of the road right now so we can use any help. all the electrical stuff shut off on him. we noticed that the starter wire that connects the harness to the starter melted and burnt the dizzy. what would cause that wire to melt? he crimped a new wire and connected it back to the starter and the electronics came back up, now we are putting in my dizzy so we can get the care home (hopefully it will work) but i want to know if anyone else has run into this problem and how to fix it so i don't have to get a new distributor every day. thank you feel free to email me because it goes straight to my phone and i'm going back to the car now. email: twista240z at gmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlatBlack Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Wrong size fusible links? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK-Z Posted January 23, 2009 Share Posted January 23, 2009 Old wiring and copper corrosion. corrosion causes more electrical resistance on the wire, the amperage to spike (I'm not sure if thats how it works, but seems right ) then causes heat in the wire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roger.svoboda Posted January 27, 2009 Share Posted January 27, 2009 something shorted that wire which powers the solenoid either fell off the starter and hit the frame or something is badly wrong with the solenoid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AK-Z Posted January 30, 2009 Share Posted January 30, 2009 something shorted that wire which powers the solenoid either fell off the starter and hit the frame or something is badly wrong with the solenoid The starter solenoid just engages the gear inside the start to move forward to engage the flywheel/flexplate. If the starter solenoid was the problem, then he would just hear the starter winding and no cranking. I would just replace the wire and see if thats the problem first, should be an easy fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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