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I had a minor mishap while redoing my alternator's power wire. I shorted the wire against the fuel rail and smoked something near my starter soilenoid. Does the alternator power wire have a fuseable link? I have to cut off the wire and solder on a new segment. I just want to know if I have to go to AutoZone and pick up a fuseable link or not.

[ November 30, 2002, 12:43 AM: Message edited by: st5150 ]
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what year is your car ???? 85-93 yes.

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I would think that the fusible link would be on the positive wire right off the battery post about 8-12" away from the battery> No?
Thanks for the input!
[Big Grin]

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Its a '89. Smoke came from the area due to the short and it smells like melted plastic over there [Frown]
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ST5150> damn dude> do you need any help? let me know> call me as soon as you get this.
later.

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quote:
Originally posted by WIKD 281:
ST5150> damn dude> do you need any help? let me know> call me as soon as you get this.
later.
Thanks for the offer. It has been a bad month for the LX indeed. It turns out the fuseable link didn't blow, but rather the wire between the fuseable link and the starter solenoid heated and melted the insulation around it. I'm heading down to AutoZone in the morning for a new one.
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Try this link: http://www.mustangcentral.net/tech/alternator.html

Hopefully that helps out some.

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Thanks for the help everyone. I just installed a 14 guage fusible link from Autozone. Now to solve the problems I'm having in my other posts in this forum [Frown]
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