Re: [Chrysler300] Re: Sudden Electrical Losses

["Dave Schwandt" <finsruskw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I experienced this BIG TIME on the way to Gil's Florida meet, ask Frank 
Driscol about that trip, as we ran together on the way down.

Turned out to be the jct wire in the distributor where the 2nd set of points 
splice into the hot wire. The crimp was so tight it cut through the wires 
one little teeny tiny strand at a time till they were all severed but still 
touching, then when things heated up under the hood after a few miles, the 
insulation would swell and  would pull the wires apart to the point where 
they no longer could jump current and the car would just shut down. This 
always happened in  city traffic situations, once on the road I didn't seem 
to have so much trouble.

Cost me a couple of mufflers before I found the problem. Split them puppies 
wide open!!

Next time we meet and you have 1/2 hr-45 minutes, I'll tell you all about my 
VERT EX$PEN$IVE "shorting cell in the battery" tale of woe!!  I have my old 
Army buddy who worked in the Co. motorpool to thank for that one!!

Dave Schwandt
stuck in Bordentown, NJ


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ray Jones" <hurst300@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "David Coston" <dcoston@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Ray Jones" <hurst300@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; <Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, August 13, 2007 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Chrysler300] Re: Sudden Electrical Losses


> That and other such loss of power is often related to Heat, after
> things cool down a little, connection is restored.
> Ray
>
>
> On Aug 13, 2007, at 12:31 PM, David Coston wrote:
>
> I have had this happen more than one time with batteries - the
> connection fails within the battery from the post to the cell and while
> everything looks good on the outside, there is no current path on the
> inside. Then, suddenly as it failed, the connection restores itself.
> This only happens a few times however before the battery fails
> completely.
>
>  David Coston
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