No Electricity!!!
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From: Tustin CA
No Electricity!!!
Okay, so I was checking my timing and I shorted something out. There was a pop at the back of the engine from the passenger side and then a small cloud of smoke and then the car died. Now I have no power to ANYTHING. When I put the key in, none of the gauges light up, the radio won't turn on, I have no voltage from the hot to ground on the alternator, NOTHING. Suffice to say when I turn the key absolutely nothing happens. Is there something obvious that I should check here? If I blew the alternator would it kill the power to the stereo and the gauges and everything else? Are there some main fuses somewhere like in newer cars that might have fried? I looked in the area where the smoke came from and all that is back there are the spark plug wires. I should also say that I DO have 12v across the battery.
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You might want to check what CAUSED the link to melt before you just replace it. The new link will melt just as fast as the original if the condition remains. With smoke emitted it seems like you had a pretty good short circuit there and I would check to see if the starter lead became grounded against something.
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You might want to check what CAUSED the link to melt before you just replace it. The new link will melt just as fast as the original if the condition remains. With smoke emitted it seems like you had a pretty good short circuit there and I would check to see if the starter lead became grounded against something.
Yep. Find out what you shorted. I will guess you powered your light from the back of the alternator, and ground it to the case.
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Sweet! I am back up and running. Thanks for the quick response guys! And yea, I was powering the timing light from the alternater and I bumped the lead into the case and poof, all went out but we are all good now : )
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