I have a 1974 Chevy ElCamino and recently a section of wire running along the firewall shorted out and appeared burned. I have been told two things. One ,that the El Caminos had a problem with these links and two, that there is a short somewhere in the electrical system that caused the link to melt. Now, short of tearing all the wiring out of the car, is there a way to find out what caused the short? So much of the wiring is wrapped up and in protective sleeves, I would hope to be able to diagnose at least part of the root cause without trying to unwrap it all.
I found the link burned after the car just "died". I found a section of the protective wire wrap melted and bulging out along the firewall. It had knocked out all power from the battery. No lights, horn, accessories etc.
But just replacing the link is not enough. There must be a root cause and I don't feel like being stranded again.So I figure that if it knocked out all the electrical, it must be a major circuit,right? HELP!!!
2007-06-04
19:20:25
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frankhenrikson
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Maintenance & Repairs