Diagnosis: shocking

"My bird IS the word" (mybirdistheword) 07/23/2019 at 21:10 • Filed to: None

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Literally not figuratively.

New battery in, my ignition is only getting like 9.5 volts upon cranking. Internet sleuthing is saying it should be getting closer to 12 or the HEI won’t function. Somehow, sitting for months has caused my car to develop a wiring problem. Fucking how.

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > My bird IS the word 07/23/2019 at 21:22

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Nanites?

More likely though ...good old fashioned oxidation.

My bird IS the word > SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media 07/23/2019 at 21:24

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Gremlins methinks

atfsgeoff > My bird IS the word 07/23/2019 at 21:25

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Clamp a multimeter directly to the battery posts. Set to min/max. Crank engine over. Check minimum voltage. Could just be a DOA battery.

Decay buys too many beaters > My bird IS the word 07/23/2019 at 21:28

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Check for mouse droppings and pray you don't find anything. 

My bird IS the word > atfsgeoff 07/23/2019 at 21:33

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Already did that. 11.5 volts.

jimz > My bird IS the word 07/23/2019 at 21:40

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Fucking how.

they didn’t have any notion of “sealed electrical connections” back then. everything was exposed spade connectors, and if you needed “weatherproof” connections you used shit like this:

it wasn’t until Delphi (GM) incorporated the “WeatherPack” sealed connectors that electrical connections were worth a shit.

atfsgeoff > My bird IS the word 07/23/2019 at 22:59

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OK then, yeah you have a bad connection or ground somewhere.

Rusty Vandura - www.tinyurl.com/keepoppo > My bird IS the word 07/23/2019 at 23:14

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Or rats eating the wires.

pip bip - choose Corrour > My bird IS the word 07/24/2019 at 05:14

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instantly fix it with an LS swap

:P

random001 > atfsgeoff 07/24/2019 at 07:21

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I concur.

My bird IS the word > pip bip - choose Corrour 07/24/2019 at 08:33

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Ahh, to have ls swap money...

pip bip - choose Corrour > My bird IS the word 07/24/2019 at 08:40

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oh well........

i86hotdogs > My bird IS the word 07/24/2019 at 12:13

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That scene scared the heck out of me as a kid.

My bird IS the word > i86hotdogs 07/24/2019 at 14:37

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Me too!