electrical problens

1BAD50 · 03-23-2006, 06:51 PM

my car just started doing this. when i start it it runs rough and then volt guage moves around. Then when i try to move, it just dies, and i have no electrical power. i mean none. Then about five minutes later it comes back. Then the car r runs fine. i have cleaned the battery terminals but havent check the wire yet. any sugg.

9COILEDSERPENT6 · 03-23-2006, 09:04 PM

I had the same problem in my 94 GT. A ground wire by my battery broke and my electrical system went haywire. Check all your ground connections.

cobra1923 · 03-24-2006, 08:37 AM

double on the ground connections
make sure your ground strap is good also

03-24-2006, 10:39 AM

double check connections...
then if all is OK... check the Solenoid (if ya dont know what that is-> http://www.solenoids.com/ )
then if thats OK... get a battery...
if its still acts up... it would be yer alternator...

alternators are expensive so save that for last...

1BAD50 · 03-25-2006, 06:26 PM

thanks for the help everyone. it ended up being the battery post were very diry. i cleaned them and no more problem. Just as a side notmy car had a bad vibration coming from the motor. so i replaced the motor mounts and that didnt fix it. then i found that my harmonic balancer was bad, so i put a new one on and the problem went way. just wanted to post this in case any one else has a vibration and cant figure out were it coming from.

Polar Bear · 04-19-2006, 06:10 PM

well i had the same problem so i checked all my conections and they were fine so i was able to drive it to my local auto part store so they can check my alternator and it was runnin low amps so i undid the positive cable just to see if it was the alternator... and it died... so i replaced the alternator now everything is running fine

03-23-2006, 06:51 PM	#1 (permalink)
1BAD50 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Leola Pa. Posts: 7	electrical problens my car just started doing this. when i start it it runs rough and then volt guage moves around. Then when i try to move, it just dies, and i have no electrical power. i mean none. Then about five minutes later it comes back. Then the car r runs fine. i have cleaned the battery terminals but havent check the wire yet. any sugg.

03-23-2006, 09:04 PM	#2 (permalink)
9COILEDSERPENT6 Stealing Vettes Thunder Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 32	I had the same problem in my 94 GT. A ground wire by my battery broke and my electrical system went haywire. Check all your ground connections. __________________ MODS- SUBFRAME CONNECTORS ALUMINUM DRIVESHAFT MSD COIL PACKS K&N FILTER DYNO MAX MUFFLERS 3.73 GEARS CENTERFORCE DUAL FRICTION

03-24-2006, 08:37 AM	#3 (permalink)
cobra1923 Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Baltimore Posts: 575	double on the ground connections make sure your ground strap is good also __________________ 2003 10th Anniversary Cobra Convertible All Stock and staying that way... well maybe some pipes since it's so quiet..ahhhh! it's a sickness 1995 mustang GT vert - all black (almost back together)

04-19-2006, 06:10 PM	#6 (permalink)
Polar Bear Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 7	well i had the same problem so i checked all my conections and they were fine so i was able to drive it to my local auto part store so they can check my alternator and it was runnin low amps so i undid the positive cable just to see if it was the alternator... and it died... so i replaced the alternator now everything is running fine __________________ :banana: '90 Mustang GT 5.0:banana:

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03-24-2006, 10:39 AM	#4 (permalink)
GREG@94GT Posts: n/a	double check connections... then if all is OK... check the Solenoid (if ya dont know what that is-> http://www.solenoids.com/ ) then if thats OK... get a battery... if its still acts up... it would be yer alternator... alternators are expensive so save that for last...

03-25-2006, 06:26 PM	#5 (permalink)
1BAD50 Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Leola Pa. Posts: 7	thanks for the help everyone. it ended up being the battery post were very diry. i cleaned them and no more problem. Just as a side notmy car had a bad vibration coming from the motor. so i replaced the motor mounts and that didnt fix it. then i found that my harmonic balancer was bad, so i put a new one on and the problem went way. just wanted to post this in case any one else has a vibration and cant figure out were it coming from.

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