Re: IML: Mystery short in a 65 Imp..

[dardal@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I doubt its a short, its a power supply problem or may be a bad ground.  Look at
the wires that supply power to the ignition switch under the dash (look for an
about to fall of wire).  Also, check the circuits that supply power to the
ignition switch (you will need the wiring diagram for that).  In my 68's, twice
the ignition switch wiring got tired, and humidity makes the about to brake
connection weaker.  Also, when I first got my Lebaron, one of the wiring joints
was loose in the fire wall.  This is simply a little 10-32 thread or smaller
with a litle nut on the end that holds a bunch of wires together.  The car
would do a bunch of weird things like what you describe, and when you jingled
the wires all was good, for a while.  I thought the problem was around two
large connections in  the firewall, but the problem was that joint close by.

Until you find the problem, have with you a little electrical piece of wire to
power the coil so you can get home (install the wire from the battery positive
or the starter relay hot wire to the "+" of the coil, then short the starter
relay with a screw driver or anything metallic and the engine will start, your
signals may be innoperable, but your head lights and tail lights will work).

D^2  

Quoting ERICINLANDPARK@xxxxxxx:

> Hi group!
>     My 65 Crown has started acting strange, and I want  to see if anyone has
> 
> pointers or past experiences similar to mine.  The car  was running really 
> great, thought I would drive it to work for the fun of it,  went to start it
> and 
> it turned over a few times, engine caught, went dead, then  nothing at all...
> 
> turn the key, complete silence, nothing..... I had to hit the  road, so drove
> 
> regular truck instead.....
>     Went home that evening, cleaned the posts on the  battery, tightend 
> cables, checked battery for charge, stood on my head and  checked the fuses,
> etc.  
> Everything looks fine, battery full charge..   Got into the car, hit the
> brake 
> and the dome lights came on.. key on to start,  map light on, key off map 
> light off, door lights on... step on brake with key  out map light on full,
> door 
> light dim... no accessories, nothing at all.... no  headlights no tail 
> lights.. windows still worked..
>     I should mention that the day before the problem,  the car wouldn't fire,
> 
> starter and all fine... just didn't have time to play  with it, went home 
> that evening, car started first try... it was raining all  night before that,
> so 
> I thought that in the AM maybe moisture had collected  someplace....
>     Thank-you all in advance for any suggestions!   I have a great auto 
> elect. shop here in town, but it is always more fun to fix  the problem
> myself!!
>     *** One more thing***  The person I bought the  car from casually 
> mentioned that sometimes when he was driving it would stall  out and go dead,
> he 
> pointed out that by hitting the trunk release switch a few  times seemed to 
> "reset" the car and "fix the short"????  I tried his fix  with no luck!
>     Great site, great cars, great  people!!
> 





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