I just painted my car myself and ever since i have been getting very strange electrical issues. Last night i went to the gym and when i came out my car was dead...nothing worked....so i rolled the car back for a jump and when it rolled back barely everything lit up and i could start it. The day before i drove into town and my speedometer was jumping all over at lower speeds like i was just driving with my alternator and a dead battery.

Any ideas??? i think its a bad ground but i wouldnt know where to start since i didnt remove anything to paint the car.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by cheedo &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I just painted my car myself and ever since i have been getting very strange electrical issues. Last night i went to the gym and when i came out my car was dead...nothing worked....so i rolled the car back for a jump and when it rolled back barely everything lit up and i could start it. The day before i drove into town and my speedometer was jumping all over at lower speeds like i was just driving with my alternator and a dead battery.

Any ideas??? i think its a bad ground but i wouldnt know where to start since i didnt remove anything to paint the car.</TD></TR></TABLE>

yeah i would have the battery and alternaotr checked. you can have it checked without taking it out of the car. just take it to any parts store and they can tested for you.

as for the grounds, there are only 2 ground wires. one on top, connected to the valve cover, and the other on top of the tranny.

 

yeah those are the two i know of, but i hoped there might be something else. Ok thanks ill have it checked when i get time.

 

Did you paint over your ground points and then reconnect the grounds? Sounds like the electrical system isn't getting properly grounded.

 

+1 check your grounds....

 

Did you ever figure this problem out? If so, let us know what happened.

Thanks.

 

ya....