Guys, just drug home another challenge. Bought a 95 coupe ,non VTEC that has been sitting up for a LONG time. Previous owner said field mice had chewed on the wiring harness somewhere and now when cables attached the battery gets hot. Am headed out to trouble shoot in a bit and was wondering best way to trouble shoot. First glance underhood shows no obvious visual problems.

What fuse or fuses can I pull to split the electrical pathways. Can you separate, underhood, interior, trunk to help narrow down where the problem may be. I think the underhood fuse block would be the key place to start......thanks.....

 

The cables get hot with the key off, right? If so, remove each hood fuse one at a time to see which unplugged fuse prevents the problem.

 

Inspect ervey inch of wiring, then worry about seperating systems

 

Finally found two problems, brake light switch pad had dried up and fallen out, and a critter had chewed into one side of the brake lights and some wires were shorted together. New stop pad and spliced leads back together has solved cooking battery......thanks..