Bad end to a great weekend!

[MTboatguy]

Re: Bad end to a great weekend!

Well just completed the testing of with the volt/ohm meter, I do have a small draw, that does not register on the 10Amp scale, but it shows and overloads on the 300milliamp scale, and I finally found where the harness goes through the firewall, so when I get home after work tomorrow, I will be removing things so I can open the harness up and see which wires are shorted together. I should have it back up and running this weekend! These old diesels don't require much to run, but this one has me flubbered!

 

[Tim Frank]

Re: Bad end to a great weekend!

Good luck..... I hope the current frustration, which most of us can completely identify with, gets overwhelmed by the satisfaction of tracking down the %%$#@^^^ glitch!

 

[MTboatguy]

Re: Bad end to a great weekend!

Well it looks like I have found the problem, found a ground wire, that was swelled up, the bolt it connects to, show a direct short, but the wire has no continuity through it, so it looks like it burned off inside the shield with little indication of it going bad, should be able to build a new one and replace(easier said than done) and be back in business, then put everything back together I had to take apart to find the darn thing!

 

[MTboatguy]

Re: Bad end to a great weekend! Update, good news!!!

Re: Bad end to a great weekend! Update, good news!!!

Well after restoring the burnt ground cable yesterday, as I said I had a big direct short, so doing some testing this morning, I carefully hooked one battery and had a small puff of smoke as well as the sparks looked like a welder, started tracing wires and low and behold, the large positive cable going from the drivers side batter to the passenger side battery had fused into the radiator support, causing a direct short to the body of the truck, pulled it away and low and behold everything started working again!

 

[Tim Frank]

Re: Bad end to a great weekend! Update, good news!!!

Re: Bad end to a great weekend! Update, good news!!!

Love happy endings!
Well done!

 

[rbh]

Re: Bad end to a great weekend!

Good stuff!
Now back to more camping.