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I'm slightly (a lot ) lost by what you suggested, what am i checking the speed sensor wiring for exactly?
What is going to start smoking?
How did you find out it was self-resetting?
and how did you end up fixing it?
Was it the front wheel speed sensor or the rear wheel?
 
My bad, I should have been more clear. The wiring to the speed sensor on the transmission is where the insulation had degraded and caused a short. This short zapped the fuse each time.

We used a homemade resetting relay. Simple, just a very small relay that resets plus wiring to connect to the fuse box in place of the regular fuse.

We fixed it by replacing the speed sensor and repairing the wires.
 
If you test electric by looking for smoke you are going to be putting money into it like crazy. The computer powers the sensors right? One thing to remember there are two voltages it makes +5volt for sensors like the speed sesor, maf etc and the other is +12volt for running things like relays and IMRC. I suggest get good at reading diagrams and using an electric meter. Then you can find it the right way. My old car had a wire to one bottom O2 sensor short out and melt. Checked at sensor no volt. Backtracked wiring and found that power and ground to it were shorted together. Cut open harness and found the culprit.
 
crewchiefpro said:
My bad, I should have been more clear. The wiring to the speed sensor on the transmission is where the insulation had degraded and caused a short. This short zapped the fuse each time.

We used a homemade resetting relay. Simple, just a very small relay that resets plus wiring to connect to the fuse box in place of the regular fuse.

We fixed it by replacing the speed sensor and repairing the wires.
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I checked the speed sensor wiring, and everything was fine, of course i cant be 100% on the sensor itself because I have no way of testing the resistance/voltage or whatever
without an electric meter :L

I also checked my starter and it was good.

I think I'm going to just call a mechanic at this point. :l
 
Turned out I had a bad ground underneath my fuse box, paid the mechanic 30$'s for that...
Either way, if it's not one issue, its another. Now when the car is on and I switch it into gear, I can't get it to move.
It just revs in each gear like it's in neutral.
 
KOALA said:
Turned out I had a bad ground underneath my fuse box, paid the mechanic 30$'s for that...
Either way, if it's not one issue, its another. Now when the car is on and I switch it into gear, I can't get it to move.
It just revs in each gear like it's in neutral.
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Now that sounds like a blown dif
 
KOALA said:
Now when the car is on and I switch it into gear, I can't get it to move.
It just revs in each gear like it's in neutral.
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Does the speedometer move? And since it didn't do this before you had ur car worked on I would take it back to the mechanic and tell him that the car no longer is drivable since he put the clutch in, I would suspect that they did something wrong.
 
aboythatskates said:
Now that sounds like a blown dif
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That's what Iv'e been reading...

jrichardson said:
Does the speedometer move? And since it didn't do this before you had ur car worked on I would take it back to the mechanic and tell him that the car no longer is drivable since he put the clutch in, I would suspect that they did something wrong.
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Yes, the speedometer moves. And I have been trying to get a hold of the mechanic but can never get to him.

Pip513 said:
Could also be an axle
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On the passenger side axle there is this thick brown goop coming out of the end of the boot, maybe that's it?
Would an axle cause it not to drive? and would it still turn if it was broken?

I also want to note that the reverse light stays on when I turn the car on and start it up... :l
 
KOALA said:
On the passenger side axle there is this thick brown goop coming out of the end of the boot, maybe that's it?
Would an axle cause it not to drive? and would it still turn if it was broken?
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Could be. Yes, it would stop it from driving.
 
These cars have open differentials and when I did my engine swap I did not have the one axle seated all the way, which could cause a result similar to a broken axle. so what would happen was the axle that was attached and working properly would have more of a load on it than the one not attached so the differential would spin inside the tranny transmitting all the power to the other axle that wasn't working correctly cause it was following the path of least resistance. The only way I found out for sure was to put the car back up on jack stands and put it in gear at idle and visually inspect what was happening with the axles and tranny. You can do this without going under the car but make sure you have someone there to kill the ignition and engine quickly if necessary.
 
Just did a test similar to this... I put the car on jackstands, started the car in neutral and let the wheels spin. I stopped the drivers side tire and the axle stopped spinning as well...Went over to the passenger side and stopped the wheel but the axle continued to spin in this weird roundabout motion...being that the axles were fine before the clutch job, im assuming it's not seated all the way but it could be broke...idk...I didn't have time to test which was which because it started raining :p
 
If you started the car in neutral and the wheels spun while the shifter remained in neutral, that would lead me to believe you have a different transmission problem... :/
 
bigboyricky93 said:
If you started the car in neutral and the wheels spun while the shifter remained in neutral, that would lead me to believe you have a different transmission problem... :/
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They spun because they were off the ground, the axles spin in neutral usually slow enough for you to stop them with your hands...they dont spin on the ground because the resistance of being seated on the ground is way to great for the speed of which they move.
 
I'm sorry I thought you meant they were rapidly spinning like they would if your car was in gear at idle. My apologies. But yes I do understand what you are talking about now. But if they are spinning and the one axle keeps spinning while you hold the wheel, that would indicate more of an axle problem.
 
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