bobby m Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 The other night i was driving home and my 89 just went dead. when i say dead, i mean the engine shut off, the headlights,turn signals, braka lights, the radio, everything else electrical just quit. the only thing this truck would do is crank the engine, not start just turn over. After checking all the fusible links, I started chasing wires to see what happened, long story short, run a new ground wire from the battery to the body.Not only did that fix the problem but, my voltmeter has stated working. I told tou all that so i could tell you this, if your voltmeter lies to you like mine has since i bought the truck, tou can fix it by running a new body ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incommando Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 Grounding issues cause many problems in older vehicles. It is the first thing I checked for bizare electrical issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mnkyboy Posted November 23, 2010 Share Posted November 23, 2010 I've fixed the same problem in a couple XJs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geonovast Posted November 24, 2010 Share Posted November 24, 2010 Did you also replace the main negative battery cable from the block to the battery? That was most likely initially the problem. The battery to body cables are meant to be supplementary, not primary. They're good to have, but you should replace the main from the battery to the block, and probably the block to firewall strap too while you're at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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