by rocky69rhodes Fri Feb 06, 2015 10:35 amI touched a wire from the overhead dome light to the metal an now I have no power smoke came out of the dashboard
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donivan65
Bruce67Econoline
Big W
rocky69rhodes
8 posters
something wrong
rocky69rhodes- Number of posts : 359
Location : chula vista ca
Registration date : 2014-09-26
rocky69rhodes- Number of posts : 359
Location : chula vista ca
Registration date : 2014-09-26
wiring to starter burnt
Big W- Number of posts : 3282
Location : Saskatoon,Sask,Canada
Age : 60
Registration date : 2011-01-13
Rocky!!!...you're suppose to keep the smoke INSIDE the wire. Once it gets out it's real tough to get it back in... 
. All joking aside, that's a bummer. Maybe the old fuse holder has some burnt fuses, or did you actually burn up some wires under the dash?
. All joking aside, that's a bummer. Maybe the old fuse holder has some burnt fuses, or did you actually burn up some wires under the dash?
rocky69rhodes- Number of posts : 359
Location : chula vista ca
Registration date : 2014-09-26
leave the jokes to twin pilot lol I hope its just at the starter fuses look fine tow truck on the way
Bruce67Econoline- Number of posts : 809
Location : Charleston SC
Registration date : 2014-01-25
Hopefully just minor damage, and not a major fire like I had. Good luck with the repairs.
donivan65- Governor
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Location : San Diego, California
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that small wire on the positive battery cable on the starter solenoid is a fusible link,,,,,,made to burn out before the van catches on fire,,,,,,,,,when something goes wrong,,,,,,its a 16 gauge,,,,,,,
Vantasia- Number of posts : 1412
Location : New Jersey
Age : 70
Registration date : 2013-08-18
Shorting the dome light power wire should have blown a fuse...they work off the headlight switch. Get a diagram and trace and check all your circuits the best you can with a meter and make sure everything is fuse. PO's often bypass these safeguards over the years to get things to work.
kookykrispy- Number of posts : 1533
Location : Helendale, CA
Age : 51
Registration date : 2009-05-22
2nd gens have a fusible link between the battery and the rest of the van. 1st gens don't have that.
ditdater- Number of posts : 590
Location : louisville ky
Registration date : 2010-11-06
evidently , my orig. dome were sw/out for the rectangle ones w/ push button on/off , as it went bad and I went to replace w/ same I also touched orange or white wite to metal and that wire wire started to melt the touching end ,but caught it in time that was all , just melted end of wire . also I noticed my headlite sw/ where you turn all the will turn on /off domes wasn't effecting my domes as they are operated by push but. on lite itself.workking fine though
rocky69rhodes- Number of posts : 359
Location : chula vista ca
Registration date : 2014-09-26
I have the same push button light also have 2 capped wires one which is orangeditdater wrote:evidently , my orig. dome were sw/out for the rectangle ones w/ push button on/off , as it went bad and I went to replace w/ same I also touched orange or white wite to metal and that wire wire started to melt the touching end ,but caught it in time that was all , just melted end of wire . also I noticed my headlite sw/ where you turn all the will turn on /off domes wasn't effecting my domes as they are operated by push but. on lite itself.workking fine though
savage- Number of posts : 2632
Location : Where Rust Never Sleeps in Ft Wayne IN
Registration date : 2008-05-15
The orange is Hot all the time(also brake lights) dome lights use the ground from headlight switch to turn on light. Not positive but think dome is on the same fuse as Brake lights (15 amp)??
