73igShoT Posted July 24, 2015 Report Share Posted July 24, 2015 So I was driving home from work about a month ago when my car died. Lights and clocked worked but no gauges or radio and starter wouldn't even click. 5 minutes later started right up didn't even touch anything. everything continued to run fine for a few weeks so I thought it was a fluke. So I took her for a drive 2 weeks later and as I was going the radio was cutting on and off. while it was doing that all lights on the cluster were on. I checked all fusible links, theyre fine. I cleaned the battery terminals and ground and went to oreillys. when I was done there it wouldn't start. once again I let it sit a min and it started right up. any ideas??? its an 87 conquestdouble din radiocold air intakestraight pipe to resonatorsecondary air delete68xxx miles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasQuest Posted July 24, 2015 Report Share Posted July 24, 2015 First thing to check are the grounding points. Make sure they're all clean and free of gunk and grease. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Preludedude Posted July 24, 2015 Report Share Posted July 24, 2015 Where can one find a list of locations and pics to help identify all grounding spots..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
87redcat Posted July 24, 2015 Report Share Posted July 24, 2015 FSM. you can download a copy from this site. Go to the elect section and they show pics of where all the grounding points are.Think the manuals are in one the newbie sections Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sharpshifter Posted July 25, 2015 Report Share Posted July 25, 2015 I had all kinds of problems with the wiring harness around the battery leading to the relays and fusible links. Many members here will gesture you to remove, clean, and check the connections on all your fusible links. These are the plug-in wire 'loops' next to the battery on the driver side inner fender. Be aware that there are some hiding behind the removable metal panel. In addition to this, my problem lay in the wiring harness junction connectors in this same area. Some had such a poor connection that the plastic connectors were melted from the heat. In my case, since I had no intention of unplugging these ever, or removing the harness form the car, I hard-soldered all of the appropriate wires together with a high wattage iron after clipping off the offending connectors. These connectors were tucked down between teh battery tray and inner fender. Jabbing around in that area with a probe would, for me, temporarily solve my electrical issues. Also, grounds are extremely important. Your negative battery cable jumps from the battery, to the body beneath the battery tray, to the engine block. That connection at the body is prone to corrosion as well. Check it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
73igShoT Posted August 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2015 Rechecked the fusible links and sure enough one was loose. Problem solved thanks guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
importwarrior Posted August 4, 2015 Report Share Posted August 4, 2015 Thanks for posting the fix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techboy Posted August 14, 2015 Report Share Posted August 14, 2015 Nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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