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In a message dated 7/17/2006 11:07:21 PM Eastern Standard Time,
themixtoo@xxxxxxx writes:
Hey Gary,
Thanks for the info. I never would have thought of checking this, but I
will now. While your method of finding the short was unorthodox, it certainly
was effective!
Charlie
Charlie, I didn't hear if your car has an automatic trans. If it does,
their's this 'transmission control spark relay' that is wired into the turn
signal circuit. This thing shorted out on my wife's new '74 Gremmie and the
only way I found it was by a most unorthodox method (I'm famous for that). I
replaced the fuse 8 times and every time the turn sigs worked as the car idled
in the drive, once I put it in gear the fuse would blow. I thought it was the
flasher first; not. then maybe the neutral start switch; not. Finally I got an
allen wrench and inserted it in the fuse panel in place of the turn sig fuse
and wayted for the smoke. I got it alright and the item shorting out the
system was that relay under the hood hooked to two vacume lines near the
backof the intake manifold. The wires to it come out of the wire harness just
before the wiper motor plug. After repairing about a foot of the harness under
the dash and cutting the plug off this relay(asked one of my AMC tech's still
in the know he said no big deal) everything is working ok now. Maybe I'm the
only one with this problem (or maybe not). Just my .02 Gary 'The
Mix' ps......I don't recamend my method of finding shorts but OH
WELL.
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