Wiring Mess

silverChevy79 · 10-28-2009, 08:43 PM

k. 79 chevy and my truck just took a shitter.
havin issues with getting the alternator to charge the battery. was drivin it home and made very loud pop. dont know what the pop was but thinkin it was maybe the coil. help!!!!!

BernieB · 10-28-2009, 08:50 PM

I think we need a lot more info here before we can offer any advice.

How about some better info on the truck, like model, engine and tranny? And some symptoms? Doesn't run? Doesn't run well? Doesn't crank? Flames shoot out the radiator cap? You know... info that will give us a clear picture of what you're looking at there. You're our eyes, ears and nose on this. What do you see? Hear? Smell?

hotrodpc · 10-29-2009, 08:56 AM

Oh No, hope its not the dreaded flames out the radiator cap.

Crmzendrgone · 10-29-2009, 12:18 PM

You have never seen that before. Here is the technical reason for that, you see you end up with a head gasket leak and some of the combustible gas gets into your cooling system, then the heat created by the engine causes the fumes to combust into flames only upon opening the rad. cap. See that instant mix of oxygen and the gas. . . Oh so beautiful.

Now if you can buy that I can sell you anything.

silverChevy79 · 10-30-2009, 07:43 PM

i am rewiring the system. there were wires cut by the starter and hopefully that is the problem.

hotrodpc · 10-30-2009, 07:47 PM

Cool, that ought to not be so hard if that is all that is wrong. I am going to have some fun on my 85 K-10 when I work on it. Whoever pulled the motor and trans, just started snipping wires. I figure its going to be best to get a new harness for the engine compartment. Good Luck with yours, do update us as to if it fixed it or not.

10-28-2009, 08:43 PM	#1
silverChevy79 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Cody, Wyoming Posts: 78	Wiring Mess k. 79 chevy and my truck just took a shitter. havin issues with getting the alternator to charge the battery. was drivin it home and made very loud pop. dont know what the pop was but thinkin it was maybe the coil. help!!!!!

10-28-2009, 08:50 PM	#2
BernieB Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Fredericksburg, VA Posts: 1,910	I think we need a lot more info here before we can offer any advice. How about some better info on the truck, like model, engine and tranny? And some symptoms? Doesn't run? Doesn't run well? Doesn't crank? Flames shoot out the radiator cap? You know... info that will give us a clear picture of what you're looking at there. You're our eyes, ears and nose on this. What do you see? Hear? Smell? __________________ If the guys who design 'em had to take one home, use it every day for 2 years, and do all the maint and repairs themselves, cars would have a button on the dash to change the oil, filters & plugs.

10-29-2009, 08:56 AM	#3
hotrodpc Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: OKC, OK Posts: 3,175	Oh No, hope its not the dreaded flames out the radiator cap. __________________ *Winners NEVER Quit , Quitters NEVER Win !!!*

10-29-2009, 12:18 PM	#4
Crmzendrgone Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Arizona Posts: 1,420	You have never seen that before. Here is the technical reason for that, you see you end up with a head gasket leak and some of the combustible gas gets into your cooling system, then the heat created by the engine causes the fumes to combust into flames only upon opening the rad. cap. See that instant mix of oxygen and the gas. . . Oh so beautiful. Now if you can buy that I can sell you anything. __________________ ENGINES PRODUCE POWER. MOTORS RECEIVE POWER. https://lastroundbestround.com/Home_Page.html

10-30-2009, 07:47 PM	#6
hotrodpc Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: OKC, OK Posts: 3,175	Cool, that ought to not be so hard if that is all that is wrong. I am going to have some fun on my 85 K-10 when I work on it. Whoever pulled the motor and trans, just started snipping wires. I figure its going to be best to get a new harness for the engine compartment. Good Luck with yours, do update us as to if it fixed it or not. __________________ *Winners NEVER Quit , Quitters NEVER Win !!!*

10-30-2009, 07:43 PM	#5
silverChevy79 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Cody, Wyoming Posts: 78	i am rewiring the system. there were wires cut by the starter and hopefully that is the problem.

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