[V8] Major electrical problem!!!!!

[Dave Head]

Was anyone sitting in the back seat on the passenger side when this 
happened?

Tdehoff at aol.com wrote:

>Dear group:
>
>Today the Audi gods frowned on me.  We were in Chicago land (we live in Iowa) 
>attending our sons graduation from UTI (tech school for Car nuts) who 
>happened to graduate 2nd in his class.  Anyway after the graduation and tour of the 
>school we were headed out to eat when our 1990 Audi started to have all kinds 
>of weird electrical malfunctions, horn sounding, lights flashing, wiper fluid 
>spraying, along with smoke and electrical fire smell coming out of all around 
>the dash and engine compartment.  We stop immediately and the Son was to the 
>rescue with his tools, got he back seat off and the battery cable undone.  Took 
>the car to a local mechanic who was recommended by a person but someone we 
>have no knowledge off.    
>
>This person upon describing what happened made a preliminary guess at a snap 
>ground strap. The car has had a definite clunking sound when turned to the 
>left when under acceleration which UTI Son thinks was a bad motor mount.  Local 
>mechanic asked if car made any sounds if turning one way or the other which led 
>him to believe that the ground strap could have snapped. 
>
>
> Guess my request from the group is this.  Given what I have described does a 
>snapped ground strap seem plausible and if so what kind of damage might I 
>expect to see in the wiring harness of the car once the grounding strap is 
>repaired.  Is it possible to get lucky and not have any permanent damage any advice 
>would greatly be appreciated.  
>
>Iowa Tom 
>1990 V8 158K
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