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Title: Found electical problem
Post by: keith on April 30, 2004, 01:42:25 AM

Last weekend I posted about my headlights and interior lights and radio not working.  I took the Tracker to a local shop and they found the wires leading to the fuse block under the hood were severely coroded.  They said the wires fell apart in their hand.  The fuse block only costs $40 but a wiring harness will have to be fabricated and that could be 4-6 hours in labor.  Hopefully this solves all my problems.

Title: Re: Found electical problem
Post by: HotRod on April 30, 2004, 09:24:28 AM

Good luck  ;)

Title: Re: Found electical problem
Post by: keith on May 01, 2004, 01:51:52 PM

I picked up my Tracker from the shop today.  The fuse box was the source of the lighting problems.  It cost way too much to fix though.  The idle problem appears to fixed also.  I think the starter is going though.  It has been starting, but the starter sounds weak.  Does anyone know where I can get a cheap starter?

Title: Re: Found electical problem
Post by: wildgoody on May 01, 2004, 01:58:44 PM

Check your charging system and battery condition.
Weak starter could be weak battery  ;)

Wild

Title: Re: Found electical problem
Post by: keith on May 01, 2004, 02:08:58 PM

The charging system puts out between 14 and 15 volts when idling fast.  The battery is one week old, but is a Wal-Mart cheapo.

Title: Re: Found electical problem
Post by: wildgoody on May 01, 2004, 04:34:26 PM

Amps not Volts charges a battery, you need
a load test on the Batt and the system, could
be a weak battery.

The thing that goes bad in a starter is the solenoid,
then the brushes sometimes.

good luck

Wild

Title: Re: Found electical problem
Post by: keith on May 02, 2004, 12:19:52 PM

Today I removed the starter and took it to AutoZone for testing.  It tested fine.  They cleaned up the terminals.  I put some dialectic grease on them when I put in back in.  Since then it is spinning quick and starting!  

Title: Re: Found electical problem
Post by: wildgoody on May 02, 2004, 01:13:12 PM

I love a quick, cheap and dirty fix  ;)

LOL  

Wild

Title: Re: Found electical problem
Post by: jerryp58 on May 02, 2004, 01:24:27 PM

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The idle problem appears to fixed also.

That's great!

Title: Re: Found electical problem
Post by: Speedracer7c on May 02, 2004, 03:32:32 PM

So what are you going to do about all the other problems?  ???