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Icebox240z · 04-09-2018, 11:04 PM

FWIW...turns out I had a dead short to ground: After replacing the starter, I poorly positioned the positive battery cable...and mistakenly didn't clamp it into the cable holder bolted to the frame...when turning into the driveway from an awkward angle, the cable got pushed up into the hot exhaust manifold, melted the shielding and caused a short to the block/exhaust. LESSON LEARNED: USE THE CABLE HOLD DOWN AND MAKE SURE THE CABLE IS POSITIONED APPROPRIATELY SO IT WON'T CONTACT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD.

(Yes...I openly admit this was definitely my mistake, and I paid for it.)

04-09-2018, 11:04 PM	#10
Icebox240z Registered User Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Portland, Oregon Posts: 2	Re: Pics of Burnt Ground Wire Battery to Fender FWIW...turns out I had a dead short to ground: After replacing the starter, I poorly positioned the positive battery cable...and mistakenly didn't clamp it into the cable holder bolted to the frame...when turning into the driveway from an awkward angle, the cable got pushed up into the hot exhaust manifold, melted the shielding and caused a short to the block/exhaust. LESSON LEARNED: USE THE CABLE HOLD DOWN AND MAKE SURE THE CABLE IS POSITIONED APPROPRIATELY SO IT WON'T CONTACT THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. (Yes...I openly admit this was definitely my mistake, and I paid for it.)