HELP! NO POWER to ignition lights or dash gauges
1972cj5renegade
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- 1972 CJ-5 Renegade V8 with 8 inch lift and I am still discovering the other mods since I just purchased it.
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I recently purchased a 72 CJ5 v8 heavily moded. It ran good for a day except the battery had to be jumped a few times. However after the first time I the drove the jeep with the lights on the jeep would not turn over or show any signs it was getting power the horn, dashlights, and headlights also do not seem to be getting voltage.
I chased the current and this confused me even more because I found that the power is being sent to the alternator and even the horn however none of the systems hooked up to the "starter solenoid" are getting power...
To make things even worse when I had the lights turned on to test the voltage the positive battery terminal wires began heating up and smoking. I also figured out that by just touching the positive post ring I can achive a spark so I am guessing there is some feed back due to bad wiring.
HOW DO I GET MY ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS TO START WORKING AGAIN?!?!?
I chased the current and this confused me even more because I found that the power is being sent to the alternator and even the horn however none of the systems hooked up to the "starter solenoid" are getting power...
To make things even worse when I had the lights turned on to test the voltage the positive battery terminal wires began heating up and smoking. I also figured out that by just touching the positive post ring I can achive a spark so I am guessing there is some feed back due to bad wiring.
HOW DO I GET MY ELECTRICAL SYSTEMS TO START WORKING AGAIN?!?!?