Okay, just wanted to make sure as you stated you only turned the key to ON...
yes.Okay, just wanted to make sure as you stated you only turned the key to ON...
In which case, begin the investigation with the Starter relay (s1) and Ign 2 circuits.Yes, the discharge happened right when the key was turned to crank with the key on acc., it went back to zero
have someone hold the key in start and check for shorts to ground.
You can also check the connections from the battery line to the S1 (yellow) and the Ign 2 (brown). They should be zero.
I will look again,but I believe there is a ground wire going to the core support and from what I can remember, there is a wire that s disconnected with a cap on it but I will look againDoes your negative battery cable have a ground lead to the body? and or a wire from the engine to the body?
Alan
No. Then there would be no power to the key switch.View attachment 1715693107 So the column connector (circled) is what fried?
Sounds like a bad negative battery cable.Ok, so.
1. I was trying to get the starter new starter to work as it did not spin over. I suspected a bad positive battery cable going to the starter as it was old and cracked.
even after I replaced it?Sounds like a bad negative battery cable.
Ok, so.
1. I was trying to get the starter new starter to work as it did not spin over. I suspected a bad positive battery cable going to the starter as it was old and cracked.
2. A friend gave me a new positive battery cable that was bigger than the old one.
3. I connected the new cable and all of the wires back up to the car.
4. I went to try and start the car and nothing happened. looked at the ammeter and it was pegged at discharge.
5. With the key still in the start position, I heard a small sizzling noise and saw smoke coming from under dash. then I turned the key off.
6. When I looked under the dash a wire that went to nothing, (just ground at both ends to the column bracket) was burned through.
7. Curious if the wire was connected to another wire going to the start switch on the other side of the bracket, I dropped the column to get a better look at the wires.
8. I didn't see any wires going to the burnt ground and no other wire was burnt.
9. put the column back and checked all the fuses, grounds, continuity, etc. everything seems fine but starter will not kick over still.
hope that clears everything up.
even after I replaced it?
****, sorry, no I did not replace the negative I replaced the positive. sorry.even after I replaced it?
and yes, the old one is attached to both engine and body. I will try and get a new one to see if that is the problem.Apparently I missed the part of you replacing the Negative battery cable.
Did it attach to the engine and body?
What burned is a ground connecter.View attachment 1715693107 So the column connector (circled) is what fried?
Ok, thank you guys so much, I think I finally understand what happened and I will try the things you all suggested and pray that it is just a short in the system.
Here's a better diagram, look by the red lines