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Thread: 4ac Electrical gremlins - No power sometimes, unhooked battery clamp/fuse box, suddenly power?

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    Default 4ac Electrical gremlins - No power sometimes, unhooked battery clamp/fuse box, suddenly power?

    Probs going to have to get an auto electrician to have a look, but my ae71 4ac gets power to the starter/interior loom only very occasionally, it will start some days and not others. I moved the fuse box once and it suddenly started working (had power to the interior, and I cranked it and it started), then after i stopped running it, and tried again a hour later, it was back to not working. Any wiring diagrams or something I can have a look at? Wiring sucks so much ass.

    It's a molested ae71 4ac, so the looms probably been fucked with, as a aftermarket fuel pump and weber carb have been installed.

    I have shit all experience with auto elektrics, so any basic pointers or steps to trouble shoot/wild guesses on the source of the problem would help too lol.
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    So you have no power at all inside the car when it won't start?
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    Yeah none, I thought it might be contact on a fuse or something but I dont have a clue where to start looking/what goes where tbh. I cant see anything out of the ordinary on the main part of the wires/fuse box. Could a grounding issue cause something like that? (The battery is grounded solidly to the chassis from all I can tell)

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    It should be pretty easy to find.. And will most likely be an earth or a broken plug into the fuse box
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    Good to hear, I shall take a look again tommorow

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    What earths do you currently have connected?
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    Not a clue, I will check that out tommorow. Battery is earthed directly to the passenger side engine bay, and the engine is earthed somewhere haha

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    Are the battery terminals tight?
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    Loose terminals are obvious surely you wwould have checked them
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    Yeah the terminals were tight as ;D

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    Seems like I have a problem with the wiring... ahaha, it was under a length of insulating piping and wrapped in black electrical tape? Looks like it got melted or something and they just tape it back up lol.

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