Re: [Amc-list] Help! I need suggestions on my 86 Eagle

[Tom Jennings <tomj@xxxxxxx>]

These kinds of problems can be sometimes a terror to find, but usually end up 
somethin simple.

First off, I'd suspect that damned AMC fuseblock. It's a piece of crap. Check 
that the battery feed wire is TIGHT! The faston connectors loosen with age 
due to vibration of the wires, combined with heating caused by poor crimps of 
the fuse clips internally and the looseness of the faston themselves. If any 
of them slide on and off easily it's likely the problem.

Pull it off, lightly crimp the curled sides tighter, and push it back on. If 
it's corroded in there you'll have to clean it up with 600 grit paper or 
something. Don't short out the battery wire to ground!


You did say everything goes out, why I suspect this. A dead short would do the 
same thing, but you'd eventually smell it, and a big short would be ruinous.




On Friday 07 September 2007 00:04:59 Jamie Smith wrote:
> A couple weeks ago the chime that goes off when the door is open and the
> key is in the ignition started going off even when the key was out. It
> would stop when the door was closed to I wasn't too concerned. Now, as of
> tonight, I can hit even the slightest bump or apply the brakes and ALL
> lights (headlights, dash lights) shut down  (I don't even have turn
> signals, hazards, radio, or clock), the temp gauge spikes and fuel gauge
> drops to empty. Everything kind of flickers if I hit another slight bump
> and when I hit the gas everything comes back  (and the chime and the
> seatbelt light come on as if you just turned on the ignition). I have
> shoved my head under the dash but can not find anything obvious. Any
> suggestions on what to check?
>
> Jamie
> Spokane, WA
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