# Melted ground wire. HELP!!! **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [October 24, 2005, 10:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/melted-ground-wire-help/177832 "2005-10-24T22:21:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Slowmaro95Z28](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/97f17d/32.png) [@Slowmaro95Z28](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Slowmaro95Z28)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2005, 10:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/melted-ground-wire-help/177832/1 "2005-10-24T22:21:11Z")
I got a 91 Camaro RS with a 305 TPI out of an 88 Iroc. It’s been running perfect for months now but all of a sudden the other night it wouldn’t start. It cranked really slow then some smoke came up from around my starter along with the smell of burnt wire. I checked it the next day and nothing was burnt but my starter wires were loose. I got everything tight and working but over the past few days I had the problem again. If I had someone lift up on the passenger fender it would start fine again. I still couldn’t find any burnt or pinched wires until it finally burnt the small ground wire going from the negative batterey terminal to the passenger side fender. I replaced the wire and now my car won’t start at all. It still cranks but it’s slow and seems like the battery’s dead even though it has a full charge. I got spark and fuel but nothing seems to make it want to start. It cranks but doesn’t even try to catch. Any ideas??? ---
**Author:** ![eurodad](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/eurodad/32/5988_2.png) [@eurodad](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/eurodad)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 4:47am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/melted-ground-wire-help/177832/2 "2005-10-25T04:47:32Z")
make sure all conections are clean and good especially the ground. that means both ends. ---
**Author:** ![SoLow](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/solow/32/6001_2.png) [@SoLow](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SoLow)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 6:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/melted-ground-wire-help/177832/3 "2005-10-25T06:03:11Z")
its cuz of the weather sam …it don’t wanna go out in it… ---
**Author:** ![stinkbox](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@stinkbox](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/stinkbox)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 7:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/melted-ground-wire-help/177832/4 "2005-10-25T19:31:24Z")
did you put the winter air in your tires yet, i bet that’s what it is. oh i know that has a triple overhead cam 41 valve engine right, make sure you tighten all your hose clamps with a left handed screwdriver. ---
**Author:** ![flyinglow57](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/flyinglow57/32/5978_2.png) [@flyinglow57](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/flyinglow57)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2005, 7:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/melted-ground-wire-help/177832/5 "2005-10-25T19:34:48Z")
run a ground to the engine also. try to make sure all grounds are lade. you may have spark but not good spark because the engine isnt grounded properly ---
**Author:** ![SoLow](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/solow/32/6001_2.png) [@SoLow](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SoLow)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 5:38am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/melted-ground-wire-help/177832/6 "2005-10-26T05:38:42Z")
> [@stinkbox](#): > > did you put the winter air in your tires yet, i bet that’s what it is. oh i know that has a triple overhead cam 41 valve engine right, make sure you tighten all your hose clamps with a left handed screwdriver. lol…i tried telling him ---
**Author:** ![SoLow](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/solow/32/6001_2.png) [@SoLow](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SoLow)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 5:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/melted-ground-wire-help/177832/7 "2005-10-26T05:44:15Z")
but he did get it run’n last night…it was the starter…had a bad selonoid(sp) ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 5:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/melted-ground-wire-help/177832/8 "2005-10-26T05:51:29Z")
> [@SoLowXtreme](#): > > but he did get it run’n last night…it was the starter…had a bad selonoid(sp) a gm starter went bad!!! never :kekegay: shouldn’t that be the first thing you replace on a gm when it won’t start. Either that or a fuel pump. you should fix your car the right way - drop it off a cliff and buy a mustang. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![ninjenn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c67d28/32.png) [@ninjenn](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ninjenn)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 6:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/melted-ground-wire-help/177832/9 "2005-10-26T06:49:28Z")
> [@77rednecktruck](#): > > shouldn’t that be the first thing you replace on a gm when it won’t start. Either that or a fuel pump. Tell me about it, I went through 3 of them already… ---
**Author:** ![Sight\_N\_Sound](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sight_n_sound/32/5950_2.png) [@Sight\_N\_Sound](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Sight_N_Sound)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2005, 8:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/melted-ground-wire-help/177832/10 "2005-10-26T08:25:31Z")
> [@huskysgrl](#): > > Tell me about it, I went through 3 of them already… technically you only had one go bad. The other one probably got all fucked up in the accident when they took out the front of the car…