Amen to the lots of ground cables! Mine fried the throttle cable, with it in
the open position as I was trying to start the car. Funny how it can spot
weld the cable to the inside of the sheath without melting the plastic
coating! Lucky I opened it up to see why it had seized--I could have
replaced it more than once before I found the broken ground.
Paul
67 1600
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ray Cole" <raycole@mindspring.com>
To: "Dan Neuman" <dneuman@stars.sfsu.edu>; <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 06, 2000 9:50 PM
Subject: Re: Help!! Dead Roadster!!!!!!!!
> Daniel,
>
> How heavy is the ground cable? Is it the only one? The problem could be
> that the ground is not good enough. I have two grounds, one from the
> starter bolt to the frame and on the other side of the engine from the
> block to the frame. I do not think you can ever have too many ground
> cables. Mine are both heavy, i.e. battery cable size.
>
> The PO of my 2L tried to start it one day, it tried to ground through the
> choke cable, he thought he burned up the wireing and sold me the car,
cheap!
>
> Ray
>
> 68 2000
> 68 1600
>
> At 09:54 PM 05/06/2000 -0700, Dan Neuman wrote:
> >Hello All,
> > Damnit Damnit Damnit.. my car is dead!!! Help!!! I was planning on
> >going to the Fariladys at the beach show.
> > Here's the symptoms. Last night I started the car up just fine.
> >I then cut the bumpstops and I noticed thath one of my grounds.. the
ground
> >from the starter to the frame was off. I reconnected it and went to
sleep.
> > Today I decide to start the car up and tune the carbs.. Turn the
> >key to start, engine goes about half a revolution and then nothing..
Further
> >attempts and there is nothing.. No dead fuses and everything else works.
I
> >I have Irene try to start it as I watch the starter.. The ground wire to
the
> >frame gets really really hot and starts smoking!! I check with the
voltmeter
> >and there is cont between the ground nut on the solinoid and the hot nut
> >that the cable from the batt goes to. THis can't be correct?? It woudl
seem
> >that when I turn the car to start the current is shorting straight to
ground,
> >hence the smoking ground wire. I noticed that the little mini harness
that
> >plugs into a plug right below the brake master cylinder and has three
> >wires.. two go to the hot nut on the starter solinoid and the other goes
to
> >a seperate lead was looking pretty crusty and burnt.. I replaced two of
the
> >three wires but left the big black one alone. GO to start the car again
and
> >the same thing happens!?!?!? Ground wire gets smoking hot almost
> >instantly and nothing else happens.....
> > What the heck coudl be wrong?? And is there any chance I can
> >fix this before I have to be at the show at 8:30????
> > HELP!!!
> > Daniel 69 2000
> > SF CA
> > 415-752-3291
> >
> >
> >
>
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