Guys, this morning i tried to start my nova and the starter sounded like my battery was dead. suddenly smoke came from under the dash. found out my clutch cable was hot like hell. any idea why? are there electrical wires near that cable?
Hot clutch cable when starting?
Guys, this morning i tried to start my nova and the starter sounded like my battery was dead. suddenly smoke came from under the dash. found out my clutch cable was hot like hell. any idea why? are there electrical wires near that cable?
Engine is earthing out to the shell via the clutch cableNOT GOOD. Sounds like your gerabox earth strap is non existant.
geez, why didnt i think of that . . . it was an early start this morning (6:30 am)Originally Posted by Mike
Engine is earthing out to the shell via the clutch cable
mike " NOT GOOD " clutch cable was probably glowing orange id imagine, mighta stretched a bit.
the clutch feel wrong now as the cable was most probably redhot. might have to replace the cable. bad start for a daymost horrible of all is that my colleague had to pick me up . . . in a saxo vtr. . .
heh.. dark, m8 of mine has one of those in 16v form, proper chavved up, i call him a chav, he says "yup"
luckily those cables are fairly cheap and a piece of piss to change.
its strange, the earthstrap runs from the startmotor has an eathstrap that runs directly to the battery. it looks fine.what i dont get is that the whole clutch cable doesnt seem to be hitting any metal parts
The clutch cabe is steel inside, and the clutch pedal arm is also steel
yea deffo bad earth i did the same my self when i fitted my xe motor and the cable got that hot it snaped
on most nova's theres a earth strap from the corner on gear box to the body!
check that,
if there isnt one fit one it will not hurt
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