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Old Oct 13, 2004 | 06:00 PM
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From: Thousand Oaks CA USA
Car: 91 Z28
Engine: 5.7
Transmission: T-5
car just died - only accessories have power help!

so yesturday I was on my way to a midterm and while leaving a red light the car just stalled - i then went to turn her back on and nothing - guages don't turn on at all - completely dead - after checking the battery and combing over some things with a voltmeter i've discovered only things running through the acessories or headlamp fuses work - ie Dome light - trunk release - headlights - strangely the door locks don't work - but you can hear what i presume to be a relay clicking on the driver side - hazard lights don't work - and the stereo as well - at first i believed it was the ignition switch - but this lead me to believe otherwise... so im at a total lose of what to do and have no car - please help
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Old Oct 14, 2004 | 01:24 AM
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Car: 83 POS monte carlo 2015 chevy P/U
Engine: 92 5.7 tpi 5.3
Transmission: 700r4 6L60E
Axle/Gears: 2.42 too high
what your describing sounds like a fusible link has burned out.
im pretty sure you have 2 of these down on the starter & i think there are 2 more up along the firewall, but as i don't own a third gen or have access to a wiring diagram right now & can't tell you just where they are all located, do a search for fuse link & fusible link & see what you find.
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Old Oct 14, 2004 | 04:10 PM
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Car: 91 Z28
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yeah im pretty sure its the two down by the starter - i just jacked the car up and both were pratically melted to my headers =/
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Old Oct 14, 2004 | 04:33 PM
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anyone know what size these are? - they are too melted for me to be able to read a number
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Old Oct 16, 2004 | 01:14 AM
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Car: 83 POS monte carlo 2015 chevy P/U
Engine: 92 5.7 tpi 5.3
Transmission: 700r4 6L60E
Axle/Gears: 2.42 too high
replacing them with 14 gage fuse link should be good. if there are 2 wires on 1 fuse link, i would change it so each wire is on it's own link.
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