I get in the car the other day figuring Hey O have not had the car out in a while Lwet me take it to work, Well what do you know I started it up and there is noting but smoke, ( the car did not start) So I get pissed and call a tow truck whick comes and gets it while I am at work, To make a long story short they scracthed the **** out of it loading it ( but they fixed the paint). But my ? what would cause this? The car has never let me down before ( I have owned it for 7 years).

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86Z28, GM 350, Jet perf Q-jet & chip Dual snorkel air cleaner, Edelbrock performer intake, Edelbrock headers, Edelbrock cat-back, Off road pipe, MSD 6AL, Accel Super Coil, Moroso Blue max wires, Rapid fire plugs, Jet fan switch, World class t-5, Hurst Short Throw Shifter, Ram Flywheel, Center force dual friction clutch,Aluminum drive shaft, BW disc rear 3.45's & a posi, PBR calipers, Earls braided brake lines, Polygrapite bushings all the way around, poly tranny mount & torque arm mount, Hotchkis lower control arms & panhard rod, Rancho limiter straps, KYB struts & shocks, Gm Wonderbar, Edelbrock strut tower brace, SSM sub frame connectors, Jamex lowering springs, Carbon metallic brake pads, Crossed drilled rotors, Mobil 1 Tranny fluid & motor oil, GM syntheic rear end oil, K&N, Grant stering wheel, 1,200 watt system, Jet Black Paint, 91 Z28 rims, 92 wing, Tinted windows.

 

Anyone?

 

The fuseable link is just that, a Fuse, depending on which one let go, would determine the cause. The link would fail due to a larger draw than should have been there. Start with the circuit which blew and check the wiring back to each item.

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Hank
87'IROC Z28

 

I have had my fusible link let go twice. Once in 1991 (when the car was seven years old), and once in 1998, when the car was fourteen years old. they are subject to engine heat, salt-water splash in the winter, and regular moisture in the summer.

I guess you can expect it to happen sometimes.

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Daniel Burk
http://www.isthq.com/~dan/fcar.html
'84 Trans Am WS6/L69
KB SFC, Moser axles, Torsen Diff. PST suspension, Braided stainless brake lines,
5-point racing harness, Koni struts, 11-inch rear disks,Spohn Adj. torque arm,
Ported 305 heads w/1.94"intake valves, Comp Cams XE262H, Griffen alum. radiator,
Speed-sensitive steering conversion, underdrive pulleys, Crane Hi-6 & more. 1.05g skidpad verified.

 

Mine blew 3 of them in a month. The plug that goes into the alternator (real technical I know) the clips had become worn and were loose and this was somehow causing voltage spikes and my voltmeter would go to ov 16 V,lights would get real bright. I had to replace the connector and it has been fine since.