80t Autopsy

[ed armstrong]

Thats a good recommendation. I've just relocated the
battery on my 90q to the trunk, so I'm going to fuse
the positive line at the junction box to hopefully
prevent the consequences of an unwanted ground.

 -ed


--- JShadzi at aol.com wrote:
> Yes, that is a factor, that is why I have a 200amp
> fuse coming from the battery in the rear of the car,
> so anything like that would trip the fuse, some of
> you should consider it too.
> Javad
> 
> In a message dated Mon, 25 Jun 2001  8:36:03 PM
> Eastern Daylight Time, Marc Swanson
> <marcswanson at mediaone.net> writes:
> 
> << >     Well now I know what happened.  When I was
> talking to my sister she
> > triggered my brain, which has been offline since
> the "incident."  While I
> > was driving behind Dan right after we left I
> smelled a slight plastic
> > burning smell, probably around Gorham, NH I
> noticed it.  It was very faint,
> > I closed the windows and turned the fan on to see
> if it was coming from my
> > car.  I didn't get any smell anymore, but when I
> put the windows down I
> > smelled it again, for about an hour on and off,
> but it was so faint.  I
> > thought it was brake stink, everyone knows that
> smell when you bed new
> > pads, that smell but definitely not as pungent.
> 
> Alex, don't discount your starter wire either...  On
> my 4ktq when I was 
> poking around the engine bay before MW I noticed
> that my starter wire had 
> BURNED through the insulation AND the fire sleeving
> I had on it because it 
> was too close to my downpipe.  After some more
> carefull routing and new heat 
> shielding I had no problems... Just a possibility. 
> Thick wire routed 
> directly to the battery suddenly grounded out could
> easily cause a fire.
> 
> Anyhow I wish you a speedy journey into new wheels!
> 
> Later
> 
> -Marc-
> 87 4ktq
> 88 90q
>  >>
> 
> 


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