Short Circuit Hell!

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Alright so here it goes, i just recently purchased a 95 cavalier in
good condition, however its got an electrical short, at random
instances when i press/release the gas and/or brake pedal my
electronics will fade out and turn back on. Now heres the problem.
Listenin to a song everythings peachy and then u go to stop at a light,
the radio turns off and repeats the song or stays off. Now ive been
trying to come up with a solution to avoid this short by reconnecting
the radio somehow. Now i was thinking (althought dangerous, however i
need this radio to work otherwise ill drive the car into a tree) about
running a hardwire from the battery to the +12 wire running to the
radio, and running a manual ground from the radio instead of using the
normal wire harness's. Would this effectively bypass the short located
god only knows where. Also if anyone else has a good effective
relatively cheap idea to also get this taken car of, id be very
thankful.

before i ran a hard wire from the battery to the radio itself but i
still encounter the same problem, and it actually seems to be worse. i
assume a short can also be caused by a ground wire touching somethin
its not supposed to, would also running a hard wire from the negative
terminal/car body remedy this problem i got everything running through
the appropriate harness except for the +12V. My 12v memory and negative
terminal still get routed through the harness. sometimes it memorizes
the spot, sometimes it wont. but im stuck and i just about hit the car
with a golf club, so any additional help would be grand.

[Captain Howdy]

That's not a short. If you had a short you would be blowing fuses and/or see
smoke and maybe have a nice fire. However what you do have is a bad/ loose
connection. Remove the radio and check your 12 volt swiched wire and also your
ground wire connections.



In article . com>,
wrote:
>Alright so here it goes, i just recently purchased a 95 cavalier in
>good condition, however its got an electrical short, at random
>instances when i press/release the gas and/or brake pedal my
>electronics will fade out and turn back on. Now heres the problem.
>Listenin to a song everythings peachy and then u go to stop at a light,
>the radio turns off and repeats the song or stays off. Now ive been
>trying to come up with a solution to avoid this short by reconnecting
>the radio somehow. Now i was thinking (althought dangerous, however i
>need this radio to work otherwise ill drive the car into a tree) about
>running a hardwire from the battery to the +12 wire running to the
>radio, and running a manual ground from the radio instead of using the
>normal wire harness's. Would this effectively bypass the short located
>god only knows where. Also if anyone else has a good effective
>relatively cheap idea to also get this taken car of, id be very
>thankful.
>
>before i ran a hard wire from the battery to the radio itself but i
>still encounter the same problem, and it actually seems to be worse. i
>assume a short can also be caused by a ground wire touching somethin
>its not supposed to, would also running a hard wire from the negative
>terminal/car body remedy this problem i got everything running through
>the appropriate harness except for the +12V. My 12v memory and negative
>terminal still get routed through the harness. sometimes it memorizes
>the spot, sometimes it wont. but im stuck and i just about hit the car
>with a golf club, so any additional help would be grand.
>

[Captain Howdy]

Constant 12V+ Orange
Switched 12V+ Yellow
Ground Black
Illumination Gray
Dimmer Brown
Antenna Trigger Pink
Antenna Right Front
Front Speakers 4" x 6" Doors
Left Front (+) Tan
Left Front (-) Gray
Right Front (+) Light Green
Right Front (-) Dark Green
Rear Speakers 6" x 9" Rear Deck
Left Rear (+) Brown
Left Rear (-) Yellow
Right Rear (+) Dark Blue
Right Rear (-) Light Blue


In article . com>,
wrote:
>Alright so here it goes, i just recently purchased a 95 cavalier in
>good condition, however its got an electrical short, at random
>instances when i press/release the gas and/or brake pedal my
>electronics will fade out and turn back on. Now heres the problem.
>Listenin to a song everythings peachy and then u go to stop at a light,
>the radio turns off and repeats the song or stays off. Now ive been
>trying to come up with a solution to avoid this short by reconnecting
>the radio somehow. Now i was thinking (althought dangerous, however i
>need this radio to work otherwise ill drive the car into a tree) about
>running a hardwire from the battery to the +12 wire running to the
>radio, and running a manual ground from the radio instead of using the
>normal wire harness's. Would this effectively bypass the short located
>god only knows where. Also if anyone else has a good effective
>relatively cheap idea to also get this taken car of, id be very
>thankful.
>
>before i ran a hard wire from the battery to the radio itself but i
>still encounter the same problem, and it actually seems to be worse. i
>assume a short can also be caused by a ground wire touching somethin
>its not supposed to, would also running a hard wire from the negative
>terminal/car body remedy this problem i got everything running through
>the appropriate harness except for the +12V. My 12v memory and negative
>terminal still get routed through the harness. sometimes it memorizes
>the spot, sometimes it wont. but im stuck and i just about hit the car
>with a golf club, so any additional help would be grand.
>

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i dont know, its something funky, it doesnt only effect the radio, ive
got all sorts of weird lights comin on, when i press the gas the engine
service light comes on very dimly, ive noticed these quirks work in
conjunction with the stereo being all gimp. However i know i cant fix
the entire problem now, im just looking for a quick fix so my radio
doesnt go ape **** everytime i hit the gas/brake

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wrote:
> i dont know, its something funky, it doesnt only effect the radio, ive
> got all sorts of weird lights comin on, when i press the gas the engine
> service light comes on very dimly, ive noticed these quirks work in
> conjunction with the stereo being all gimp. However i know i cant fix
> the entire problem now, im just looking for a quick fix so my radio
> doesnt go ape **** everytime i hit the gas/brake


oh btw this is my other gmail account, SirDonkeyPunch here. sry for any
confusion

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problem solved, the negative terminal that was grounding out the chassi
was way too thin of gauge wire. i cut up an old set of jumper cables
and made a new ground point. everything works flawlessly now even the
dashboard insturment panel. w00t

[Mister.Lull]

.. . . :-|

That car sounds like bad news, dude.

~Mister.Lull
wrote:
> problem solved, the negative terminal that was grounding out the chassi
> was way too thin of gauge wire. i cut up an old set of jumper cables
> and made a new ground point. everything works flawlessly now even the
> dashboard insturment panel. w00t