As I posted Friday night, the silver car started acting a fool, and finally got to the point that it wouldn't even start. I thought that the regulator might be stuck open due to the balck plugs and the damp plugs. I changed the plugs today, and went to start the car. Dead battery (so I thought). Put the charger to it, still cranking slow. Hooked the red car to it with battery cable to jump it off. Still cranking really slow, and showing no signs of starting. Checked the voltage on the battery, voltage good.
Ok, so this is what we have.
Really slow cranking even thought battery is good
Wet plugs
After sitting and looking at the car and talking to it (no it didn't answer), I decided to start checking connections. All tight.
Sat and looked at the car some more, and instead of talking to it, drank a cold one.
Then all of the sudden, a divine voice from above, check the ground wire on the back of the motor.
It was loose!!!!!!
Tighten it
damn that car sounds sweet!!!!!!!!

 

Congrats!

 

Amazing. Gald you found it.

 

Lol, good to hear you don't have to spend cash fixing 'er up!
Don't they always sound sweet when they've been sleeping? Even if it's just for a day or two?

 

ahhh... the divine properties of beer...

 

LOL. That's the way it usually happens.

SCular

 

who is it that has "Check your f*'ing grounds!" in their signature? wow, I guess they are right..

 

H--- ya they are right about the ground. IIRC it is Mr. Iceshark that has that in his post. I would have never thought that a car running bad would have to do with a ground wire.

 

I'm actually kind of embrassed by this. When I converted that car from a auto to 5-speed, I had to take that strap loose. I could have sworn that I made sure that it was tightend back up. I guess that I tighten it till I felt some resistance and stopped by fear of stripping out the bolt.

 

Good job! Bad grounds on the engine-block will force the rest of the current to flow through the DME and through the wiring-harness ground on the other side of the firewall. Good think you caught it before it was too late. If you've ever tried to crank your engine over with the block-grounds disconnected, you'll immediately fry your DME...