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Posted by E's 89 COUPE (Member # 6569) on :
 
WHAT WOULD MAKE THE GROUND WIRE GOING TO THE BODY FROM THE NEG BATTERY POST HOT AT START UP? ALSO I NOTICED THAT THE GROUND FROM THE HEAD TO THE FIREWALL ALSO GETS HOT???

[ December 02, 2008, 10:32 PM: Message edited by: E's 89 COUPE ]
 
Posted by Adam5.0 (Member # 6995) on :
 
too much resistance
 
Posted by racerx7 (Member # 3370) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Adam5.0:
too much resistance
Adam is 100% correct. People sometimes forget the negative battery cable carries the same load as the positive cable.

Take 12v headlight for a car. Hook up a jumper cables to the positive battery and one side of the head light. Now take a tiny little wire hook it up to the negative side of the battery and the other side of the headlight. And see what happens:)
 
Posted by E's 89 COUPE (Member # 6569) on :
 
THANKS FOR THE INFO BUT IS THIS LETTING ME KNOW WHATS WRONG BY DOING THIS???
 
Posted by 89foxstang (Member # 5908) on :
 
Just make sure that all your ground wires are tight, and on a bare metal surface. maybe even replace them with new ones, then go from there. because the resistance could be in the wires or in the starter. i would start with grounds though. Lmk
 




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