Ok, for once now I'm the noob for this evening.:sSig_noob:
My normally dependable and great running 70' 383 Newport did something it has NEVER done before (in fact I've never owned any Mopar that has done this, although I've heard scary stories from others about their mopars acting up this way). Thus by laying this all out I'm hoping you guys can throw out comments, ideas, past experience or just a plain ol' good slant on W---T---F just happened! :tard: ..esp. from all you electrical guru's...you know who you are.
First the ugly ass pics......... IMG_6790.JPGIMG_6791.JPGIMG_6792.jpgIMG_6797.jpg
Yesss, what you are viewing are the brunt out remains of the fusible link in my starter/batt/power cable under the hood. The link burned itself up completely like a piece of toast. So having done that, I guess it did it's job of protecting other electrical elements downstream, BUT I have no idea WHY it shorted. Here's how it happened: (in order)
Hurtling down rt.295 south ---
1. Loss of power (completely).
2. 383 backfires a couple times thru the exhaust while we are still rolling.
3. A bit of white smoke comes thru the main dash air vents, not much.
4. Car finally comes to complete stop on side of road, no pwr..at all...no horn, lights, etc.
Oh...here are the kind gentlemen who saved our assess from walking home. tonight..IMG_6809.jpgIMG_6802.jpgIMG_6803.jpgIMG_6807.jpg
So as it stands the fusible link is totally burnt and toasted..it looks like it went through a star trek transporter, got twisted up with another species during transport, and then caught fire energizing back........ITS UGLY. I will need to replace the entire cable from batt to starter motor......however, where/what does the fusible link lead terminate at? It appears to snake along the top of the wheel well and down towards the fuse block where it appears to combine with another cable. First thing tomorrow I'll break out my FSM and delve into this (I'm too freakin dead dog tired to start now)....but it would be nice to get some opinion as to what could have caused this to happen in the first place....I haven't a clue, yet:sSig_thanks::sSig_thanks:
My normally dependable and great running 70' 383 Newport did something it has NEVER done before (in fact I've never owned any Mopar that has done this, although I've heard scary stories from others about their mopars acting up this way). Thus by laying this all out I'm hoping you guys can throw out comments, ideas, past experience or just a plain ol' good slant on W---T---F just happened! :tard: ..esp. from all you electrical guru's...you know who you are.
First the ugly ass pics......... IMG_6790.JPGIMG_6791.JPGIMG_6792.jpgIMG_6797.jpg
Yesss, what you are viewing are the brunt out remains of the fusible link in my starter/batt/power cable under the hood. The link burned itself up completely like a piece of toast. So having done that, I guess it did it's job of protecting other electrical elements downstream, BUT I have no idea WHY it shorted. Here's how it happened: (in order)
Hurtling down rt.295 south ---
1. Loss of power (completely).
2. 383 backfires a couple times thru the exhaust while we are still rolling.
3. A bit of white smoke comes thru the main dash air vents, not much.
4. Car finally comes to complete stop on side of road, no pwr..at all...no horn, lights, etc.
Oh...here are the kind gentlemen who saved our assess from walking home. tonight..IMG_6809.jpgIMG_6802.jpgIMG_6803.jpgIMG_6807.jpg
So as it stands the fusible link is totally burnt and toasted..it looks like it went through a star trek transporter, got twisted up with another species during transport, and then caught fire energizing back........ITS UGLY. I will need to replace the entire cable from batt to starter motor......however, where/what does the fusible link lead terminate at? It appears to snake along the top of the wheel well and down towards the fuse block where it appears to combine with another cable. First thing tomorrow I'll break out my FSM and delve into this (I'm too freakin dead dog tired to start now)....but it would be nice to get some opinion as to what could have caused this to happen in the first place....I haven't a clue, yet:sSig_thanks::sSig_thanks:
