RE: [Chrysler300] Sudden Electrical Losses

["Rich Barber" <c300@xxxxxxx>]

Michael:

I can only offer generic thoughts, but my 1955 has a small, bare flexible
cable connected from the right rear of the block to the firewall.  I think
this is fairly common.

Checking for a bad ground should be easy with one end of a jumper cable
connected to the ground terminal of the battery and the other to a good bolt
head on the body or frame.  If this instantly restores the system, perhaps
you do need an engine-to-chassis ground cable.

I believe there may be a firewall plug connector for everything in the dash.
These are often referred to as problem areas, necessitating removal,
cleaning and packing with conductive grease.

And, of course, removing each battery cable connection and cleaning the
cable ID and battery OD always makes sense.  Corrosion is not always evident
from the outside, but is often present.  After cleaning, purchasing and
inserting the little red and green felt washers with anti-corrosion
chemistry under the connections makes sense, as does coating the cable
connections with grease or special protective spray to prevent further
corrosion.

The battery may also be on its last leg and due for replacement.

MoPa'r to ya,

C-300'ly
Rich Barber
Brentwood, CA
1955 Chrysler C-300 (6-Volts-positive ground)

-----Original Message-----
From: Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:Chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Michael Reed
Sent: Sunday, August 12, 2007 9:37 AM
To: chrysler300@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [Chrysler300] Sudden Electrical Losses

Three times, the most recent yesterday, my "F" has experienced a total
electrical loss -- no power to the ignition system, starter, power windows,
lights -- nothing. No power to anything -- as if the battery had been
disconnected. 

The only thing that I can come up with that would cause this is the
(temporary) loss of the ground between the engine and the chassis/body. The
negative battery post has been connected to the engine since I purchased the
car 28 years ago.

Can anyone give me some advice as to where and how the engine is grounded to
the chassis/frame? Somehow this connection is being lost. If the car is
allowed to sit for minutes, or a half-hour or so, the connection is
miraculously restored, and everything works.

Difficult problem to even try to track down when a failure can't be forced.
Unless... I am misdiagnosing these events. But I don't see how it can be
anything else...

Can anyone give me some advice as to where and how the engine is grounded to
the chassis/frame? Somehow it seems this connection is being lost. If the
car is allowed to sit for minutes, or a half-hour or so, the connection is
miraculously restored, and everything works.

Mike Reed in Lake Odessa, Michigan

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