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Old 07-17-2014, 10:32 AM   #1
dgardhawk
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wiring problem

having trouble with a short to ground smoked an 8 gauge red wire from the pos side of the battery that goes to a terminal on the side of a truck, and to a wire bundle that goes to the firewall. the only thing i did was change battery and it started to happen. it looks like this wire goes to the ignition switch and the lights after it comes out of the firewall. i changed the battery cables neg and pos. and change the wire that smoked with an inline fuse., but fuses are not cheap checking this out either. i have found a few bare wires near the fuse box fixed them. so i pulled every fuse and i still have a short issue,and i changed the ignition switch because it looked bad on the inside.
any thoughts on this will help
thanks,
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Old 07-17-2014, 02:00 PM   #2
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Re: wiring problem

Lots of info on this board. Start here:
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...d.php?t=185665

Liz added a VERY LARGE version of these diagrams so scroll down the thread for her post.
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Old 07-17-2014, 02:55 PM   #3
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Re: wiring problem

got the wire problem fixed, it was the ignition switch but now when i start the truck it starts fine but when you shut it off ,, it doesn't shut down right away, it takes a second then it shuts down, could it be the ignition cylinder.
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