budpytko
Super Senior Associate
Bluedog.... don't know if this will help or not....
I experienced partial power losses a number of times.... replaced alternator at least 3 times (thanks lifetime warranty), battery once and still had intermittent power losses. Once, while going thru the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel, the auto headlights came on and things started going off...radio-lights-instruments except speedometer and temp gauge. Got thru the tunnel and pulled over. Shut off ignition and had to be towed home...wouldn't start -not even click! That's when I replaced the battery. It then seemed ok for a YEAR! Then started doing it again! I tried do a number of things and every time I disconnected the battery (ground) and reattached it, it would start and be ok for..??? ... long. Again blamed it on alternator... after 3 years and never really finding the problem I DID figure it was something in the wiring under the battery and maybe into the master fuse panel under the hood. Anytime it would quit all I had to do was take off the ground - pull and poke that ground lead and reattach. Bang it would start and be ok.... never really did fix it...it just never did it again. The guy I sold it too has never called me about it, so I guess it is still OK....FOR NOW! But I know it will raise it's ugly head again. Hopefully he will call me before he puts a lot of time into it..... thought this MIGHT be something for you to investigate if you can't find anything else.
I experienced partial power losses a number of times.... replaced alternator at least 3 times (thanks lifetime warranty), battery once and still had intermittent power losses. Once, while going thru the Baltimore Harbor Tunnel, the auto headlights came on and things started going off...radio-lights-instruments except speedometer and temp gauge. Got thru the tunnel and pulled over. Shut off ignition and had to be towed home...wouldn't start -not even click! That's when I replaced the battery. It then seemed ok for a YEAR! Then started doing it again! I tried do a number of things and every time I disconnected the battery (ground) and reattached it, it would start and be ok for..??? ... long. Again blamed it on alternator... after 3 years and never really finding the problem I DID figure it was something in the wiring under the battery and maybe into the master fuse panel under the hood. Anytime it would quit all I had to do was take off the ground - pull and poke that ground lead and reattach. Bang it would start and be ok.... never really did fix it...it just never did it again. The guy I sold it too has never called me about it, so I guess it is still OK....FOR NOW! But I know it will raise it's ugly head again. Hopefully he will call me before he puts a lot of time into it..... thought this MIGHT be something for you to investigate if you can't find anything else.
