First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List ......................................................................... Try pulling all the bulbs and try again. If it still dies, its definately a short and not a draw problem. If thats the case, my best luck has been a good shop light, a screwdriver, and visualise every inch of the wire, plugs and switches. A volt meter at this point is only going to confirm a short, not tell you where it is. Just out of curiosity, does it die when you turn on the hazards? that might further help you narrow down the location of the short. If it doesn't die with the hazards, the short will be up under the dash and not downstream somewhere.
------Original Message------ From: hugot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "First Generation Firebird-L" <[email protected]> Date: Sat, Dec 8, 2007 02:34 PM Subject: RE: [FGF] Hit the brake, engine dies First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List ........................................................................ I think you need to do a bit of troubleshooting with a volt meter and a helper. You can look at the wiring diagrams here: http://www.bafb.org/1968firebird.org/index.html I would start with the engine off and turn the ignition to the run mode and put the meter on the + side of the ignition coil. You should see about 8-12 volts there (depending on wheather the points happen to be closed or not). Then have your helper step on the brake peddal and see if that voltage changes (it may drop a bit but it should not be more than maybe 1-2 volts). If it drops more than that, then you have to work your way back to the K connector (I'm looking at the 1968 diagram) on the firewall and check there and then work your way into the fuse box and then to the ignition switch. One quick and dirty thing you can do is to start the car and make a "hot wire" from the + side of the battery to the + side of the coil (you don't want to run this way for too long) and press on the brake and see what happens. If the car doesn't die means that you have some issue up the harness towards the ignition key as I mentioned above. Good luck Hugo At 12:26 PM 12/8/2007, you wrote: >First Generation Firebird-L Mailing List >......................................................................... >Worth a shot, so I just tried keeping the engine revving then putting on >the brakes and it still dies. I'm leaning towards some kind of short at >this point... > >Brian Myers > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/> Donations: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store/cart.mv?999999> FGF Merchandise: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store> ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Submissions to Firebird-L: <[email protected]> Unsubscribe from Firebird-L: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Help: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/firebird/Firebird-L.html> Classifieds: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/ubb/> Owner Pictures: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/show/> Donations: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store/cart.mv?999999> FGF Merchandise: <http://FirstGenFirebird.org/store>
