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Found Electrical draw on 84 by Eric_PA
Started on: 03-11-2001 08:31 AM
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Last post by: hugh on 03-11-2001 08:39 AM
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Report this Post03-11-2001 08:31 AM Click Here to See the Profile for Eric_PASend a Private Message to Eric_PADirect Link to This Post
Well, I finally found the electrical draw in my Fiero after spending the whole day looking for it. I started my day off replacing the altenator with one I had laying around. Within hours the battery went dead again. I was almost certain tht this was the problem. I figured that the regulator circuit and diodes were maybe conducting a bit. This was not the case. I decided to put an ohm meter across the battery leads and what you know, I had a 70 ohm load there. I tore the whole car down getting at every wire and started to unplug everything until the load opened up. I found it about an hour later. There was a regulator that was supposed to be mounted to the fire wall, but it wasn't. You see over the summer I took it out since I need it for my GT. When I replaced it I was too lazy at the time to remount it. I found that since the relay was hanging upside down next to the fire wall it filled up with water and rusted all the contacts inside. This thing was the culprit. Lesson learned, they are mounted for a reason. Now I can finally take it for inspection
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Report this Post03-11-2001 08:39 AM Click Here to See the Profile for hughSend a Private Message to hughDirect Link to This Post
Ther are few things that give as much satisfaction as finding the answer to any problem,especially an unusual or out of the ordinary one.
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