She Isn't Starting Anymore!!!

Mon Oct 02, 2006 2:29 pm

So after switching turbos yesterday my car wont start. I found out that it is the #9 fuse that is shot. But I replace it and turn the key so the accessories go on, and everything is fine. But when I turn the car on the fuse blows. So there must be a short somewhere, but I cant find it. A friend and I relocated the bat. And installed 3 gauges and a turbo timer, so Im thinking its one of those 4 things, but I dont know

zurno · Mon Oct 02, 2006 4:18 pm

start uninstalling

umdivx · Mon Oct 02, 2006 5:25 pm

Pitch Black wrote: So after switching turbos yesterday my car wont start. I found out that it is the #9 fuse that is shot. But I replace it and turn the key so the accessories go on, and everything is fine. But when I turn the car on the fuse blows. So there must be a short somewhere, but I cant find it. A friend and I relocated the bat. And installed 3 gauges and a turbo timer, so Im thinking its one of those 4 things, but I dont know

Get a volt meter, or light meter and start tracing shit out, where did you relocate the battery to? Check to make sure nothing is grounded, also check and make sure that the relays and everything are hooked up correctly.

- Josh

focinite · Mon Oct 02, 2006 7:09 pm

check the starter. sounds like the ground is loose. im only guessing you had to do sume tin wiff da wires at the starter to relocate the batt?

Mon Oct 02, 2006 9:26 pm

I found it, when Justin did a half ass job on extending my maf wires when we put the turbo kit on, hi didnt tape them up well. jk Justin. 2 of the maf wires were touching causing the short. But I taped her up really good and Im off to get some new IC piping made in the morning.

umdivx · Mon Oct 02, 2006 9:27 pm

Pitch Black wrote: I found it, when Justin did a half ass job on extending my maf wires when we put the turbo kit on, hi didnt tape them up well. jk Justin. 2 of the maf wires were touching causing the short. But I taped her up really good and Im off to get some new IC piping made in the morning.

WTF Tape? dude come on!!!!! do it right, solder and heat shrink that shit.

- Josh

sc0tty8 · Tue Oct 03, 2006 2:20 am

focinite wrote: check the starter. sounds like the ground is loose. im only guessing you had to do sume tin wiff da wires at the starter to relocate the batt?

In this guy's camp. If it all works fine until you hit the key, you got a short, double check the wiring and the starter.

sc0tty8 · Tue Oct 03, 2006 2:23 am

Pitch Black wrote: I found it, when Justin did a half ass job on extending my maf wires when we put the turbo kit on, hi didnt tape them up well. jk Justin. 2 of the maf wires were touching causing the short. But I taped her up really good and Im off to get some new IC piping made in the morning.

Tape? WTF, 8.99, radio shack, solder iron(25w), I know I just replaced old faithful, heatshrink- misc pack, 3$. Tube of light guage solder, 3$, tin of flux, 3-5$. Doing it right the first time, priceless. I guess for everything else there is justin to work on your car

Tue Oct 03, 2006 10:20 am

sc0tty8 wrote: Tape? WTF, 8.99, radio shack, solder iron(25w), I know I just replaced old faithful, heatshrink- misc pack, 3$. Tube of light guage solder, 3$, tin of flux, 3-5$. Doing it right the first time, priceless. I guess for everything else there is justin to work on your car

or it could be that all we had at the time was tape.

Tue Oct 03, 2006 10:23 am

ghetto ass wiring, FTL!

You spend 10k on turbo mods, then tape your wires together... come on dude.

sc0tty8 · Tue Oct 03, 2006 10:27 am

trahma wrote:
sc0tty8 wrote:Tape? WTF, 8.99, radio shack, solder iron(25w), I know I just replaced old faithful, heatshrink- misc pack, 3$. Tube of light guage solder, 3$, tin of flux, 3-5$. Doing it right the first time, priceless. I guess for everything else there is justin to work on your car

or it could be that all we had at the time was tape.

So if all you got around is a hammer, would you use that too?

Tue Oct 03, 2006 10:33 am

sc0tty8 wrote: So if all you got around is a hammer, would you use that too?

it's called fixing it later. i wouldn't half ass something on my car long term let alone someone elses. i suggest instead of coming after me again you go drive your car into a ditch.

sc0tty8 · Tue Oct 03, 2006 10:35 am

trahma wrote:
sc0tty8 wrote:So if all you got around is a hammer, would you use that too?

it's called fixing it later. i wouldn't half ass something on my car long term let alone someone elses. i suggest instead of coming after me again you go drive your car into a ditch.

I don't have a car to drive in the ditch, I thought asians where suppose to be smart, what is your excuse?

umdivx · Tue Oct 03, 2006 11:05 am

Pappy wrote: ghetto ass wiring, FTL!

You spend 10k on turbo mods, then tape your wires together... come on dude.

My thoughts exactly.

- Josh

focinite · Tue Oct 03, 2006 11:16 am

sooooooo ....ahhhhhhhh........ummm yeah. ah whats the tape gonna do when it gets hoyt? melt right? and then your gonna be driving when this happens and then yer gonna need a new maf, witch i have, and to translate fix later,= ill do it half assed right now and then when it starts to cuase problems then ill forget what i did and then stress the fuck out and start rippin and tearin trying to find the problem. now take the time and do it once, even if you have to stop what yer doing for the night, its only counterproductive to hack things together, for example my car i have an abnormal amount of zip ties= no rivvit gunn. now i gotta go and rivvit all my shit and well , i aint got no time.