Electrical Melting "I" Wires from Solenoid
Skimoab
Jeeper
I have an '81 Scrambler with an ignition system/solenoid issue. When I turn the key to "On/Run", the Ignition wire coming from the "I" lead on my solenoid gets warm, almost too hot to touch. When I turn the key to "Start" and crank it, the wire immediately gets too hot and starts melting the casing. This is the red wire that goes from the "I" lead to the coil and is also spliced into the red w/green tracer wire that heads toward the driver side where it is spliced again to go to the ICM and bulkhead connector.
(As you can see in the photo, my Jeep also has two wires that come off the "I" and "S" leads, the red one goes to the ECU while the black one is a ground to the engine block. I just don't see these in most pictures of the Solenoid so I thought I'd explain them since that "I" wire also melts.)
So my question is, is there a specific wire or ground I should be checking that might cause the extra "flow" through these wires? Is it likely on the solenoid side of the system, or could it be something with the ICM?
A little more background... Before this solenoid issue happened I was having issues where the engine would crank but not start. We checked the distributor and had no spark so I replaced that and still no spark. That lead us to the ignition system, we found the red w/green tracer wire to be pretty corroded (probably original) and heating up from continual cranking, so we replaced that and then started having the solenoid issues.
Sorry for the long post, hopefully it gives enough detail to maybe get some ideas?
(As you can see in the photo, my Jeep also has two wires that come off the "I" and "S" leads, the red one goes to the ECU while the black one is a ground to the engine block. I just don't see these in most pictures of the Solenoid so I thought I'd explain them since that "I" wire also melts.)
So my question is, is there a specific wire or ground I should be checking that might cause the extra "flow" through these wires? Is it likely on the solenoid side of the system, or could it be something with the ICM?
A little more background... Before this solenoid issue happened I was having issues where the engine would crank but not start. We checked the distributor and had no spark so I replaced that and still no spark. That lead us to the ignition system, we found the red w/green tracer wire to be pretty corroded (probably original) and heating up from continual cranking, so we replaced that and then started having the solenoid issues.
Sorry for the long post, hopefully it gives enough detail to maybe get some ideas?
