Tim Skinner
Active Member
During the winter a squirrel made a nest in the engine compartment by the battery by the firewall, it chewed through some wires. Well it turned over just fine but wouldn't fire . so I pulled the wiring harness out repaired the broken wires (I used the same gauge wire for each strand and used shrink wrap to adhere them instead of electrical tape) it started just fine for about 15 minutes, then it hesitated like it was running out of gas well with a 1/2 tank I knew that wasn't the problem so when I went to start it back up all it did was click like a bad starter, so I trouble shot it and found out the solenoid that is bolted to the starter was bad. Ok so I replaced the starter,well the same thing occurred so I looked at the it and the solenoid was extremely hot so I started looking for a short. The first thing I noticed was a spark when I put the battery back in the vehicle so I unplugged the light under the hood thinking that was it, well the same thing happen so after a long journey of trouble shooting I discovered no fuses are blowing and the starter solenoid keeps blowing . I kinda figured it's an electrical short but I'm in sure as to what would cause this without blowing any a fuse. Any Help will be deeply appreciated I'm puzzled thank's