Re: more electrical/running problems {help please!}

[Nathan Malone <nmalone@sumagroup.com>]

Dude that is pritty tricky, it sound like you have a power lead that is
grounding out and popin a breaker or something, is there any repetative
behavior? like a drop in idle before it dies or any thing that gives you a pre
warning? what is going on when it dies, or is it just completely random. try
tracing the wires that were "crispy" to see if they touch anything they
shouldn't. I've had problems before with a hot wire that had a brake in it
from rubbing against a part of the body and grounding out killing my car out
of no where every time.

Nathan

Alex Ting wrote:

> ok,
> for some reason, I never saw my post make it to the list.
> So, for a quick recap:
>
> the zender roc ('86) died the other night while coming to a stop.
> First the dash lights flickered and turned off, and then the car died.
> It would crank over, but would not fire, and the dash lights still would
> not come back on.  The headlights/radio/parking lights all still worked.
> After about 2 minutes, the car started as if nothing happened, and the
> dash lights came back on.
> What would cause both the dash lights and the car not to start at
> the same time?  These two circuits are completely independant, right?
>
> And then last night on the way home from work it died three more
> times on the freeway, but each time I was able to restart it while
> still on the move.
>
> So, last night I pulled the fusebox down to look for shorts, and two of the
> main hot wires going into the back of the fuse box were a bit on the
> crispy side.  Could this be a part of the problem or a result of the
> problem?
> Is the fusebox from a '87 16v the same as a '86 8v?
> Does anyone out there have a spare fusebox in good condition?
>
> either way, I'm REALLY lost and open to suggestions.
>
> btw, I really don't think it would be the ignition switch since
> the headlights stay on, but you never know.....
>
> Alex Ting
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