Re: 83 CGT Electrical Prob. -- No start --Part 2

[Alan Kramer <ackramer@hotmail.com>]

An update:  Replaced the fuel pump fuse and jump started car -- All OK.  Then shut
it back off, replaced all but the cig lighter / radio fuse and the instrument
fuse.  Rejumped car, all OK.  Replaced those fuses, and still OK.  Although
everything appears fine now (letting car run to charge battery, voltmeter on 13)
what in the heck could I have done that discharged the battery so quickly and did
not blow a fuse???  The battery is about 9 months old, and is not weak -- 850 CCA
Champion battery.  Can anyone offer a suggestion, so I can fix the real problem
(if there is one) and so that I/anyone else won't do it again?

Thanks,
Alan

Alan Kramer wrote:

> Hi,
>     Just went outside to replace a broken wire on my right power window
> (broken in rubber door boot).   Anyway, removed glovebox and door panel to get
> at both sides of wire as it goes through the boot.  Replaced it from the
> regulator back to the 2 prong connector just inside the car.  Reconnected the
> battery, worked OK.  I then (with battery connected and radio on, key in on
> position) put the glove box back in.  I gave a gentle tug on the glove box
> switch wires to get them out of the way of the box frame.  The radio
> immediately cut off.  Turned the key off and the radio came back on.  Turned
> the key back to the off position and it cut off again.  The voltmeter was
> dropping quickly from 12 to 8 so I turned the key back off and repulled thre
> ground strap.  I connected a ohm meter to the + terminal of the battery and to
> the disconnected from battery ground strap.  Ohm meter read 0 ohms.  Then I
> pulled the fuse for the radio and interior lights.  Ohm meter read 120 ohms.
> Pulled all  fuses, and ohm meter still reads 120. Question:  With all the
> fuses pulled, where is the short, and why did it occur as I was installing the
> glovebox?   Any help at all is appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Alan
>
> '81 4k/4E - 300k mi.
> '83 CGT - 185k mi.
> '85 CGT - 86k mi. - parts