Alt Trouble, wiring problem?, back from the dead, can anyone help? Options

[jcbass7]

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Here is exactly what happened.

First, the work i did on my car today.
-changed oil
-added some more transmission fluid
-plugged the CC back in
-re wired three prosport gauges (wired them into the power and ground from the stereo)

Ok now here is the problem that occured.

First the RPM gague died. then i tried to roll the windows down and those didn't work
neither did the sunroof. then after driving about 10 miles the voltage got so low (i have a voltage gauge) that i pulled over. Slowly she went down lower and lower. then i tried to drive across the street into a parking lot to get off the road. The car was at about 9 volts. Once i stopped in the lot she started smoking. I immediatly shut her off (feering fire) and checked under the hood.
Coolant was spilling from the throttle body area, pinpointed it to the coolant line funning into the throttle body..

anywhoo any ideas?
I had a similiar problem three weeks ago, where the stock 3s alt died. I replaced it with a 5s alt and now this happened.

I have to get back to base by monday at 1830.. or 6:30 for you civilian folk


while i waited for the tow truck i got really cold so i popped the hood and sat on the top mount intercooler it kept my butt plenty warm

This post has been edited by jcbass7: May 28, 2007 - 2:00 PM

[jcbass7]

Dustin,

batt is grounded to the stock location (my wire runs from trunk to the stock wires up front.. so block and chasis up front)


i took my voltmeter and disconnected the negative terminal and read the voltage from negative terminal to negative lead and I am getting 11.75 volts

which means i have a short right???

i did this and then pulled each fuse (none of the big ones, like the 30 or higher) and NONE of them got the voltage to come down. then i disconnected all my prosport gauges, CC, radio, clock and hazard thing and none of them were related.

When i warm up and go back out im going to disconnect the cluster since when i noticed this problem, it was when my RPM gauge died.


anyone have other ideas to find this short?