My car hates me now. Everything was fine, 40 miles a day and alls well. No problems of any kind. Then I start getting a shock when I get out and my calf touches the rocker...but it runs fine and everything works soooo whatever. Old car maybe it's my seat covers. Then one day I go to leave work and it won't turn on. The engine goes over until it kills the battery. I install the wifes battery and it makes it home no problems. I look around and discover a SERIOUS leak in my EGR plate(burned through) so I remove it and re route the hoses to maintain a vacuum but it surges at idle so I still need to do more. Then I did the bumper swap(looks awesome BTW everyone should dump the parkbench look) and I have been driving the truck since. Rainy weekends, days away from home and other things have prevented me from working on my sexy Comet. It's been a month and a half or so... Today I set a fresh battery in it(old one was drained completely) and it won't run. Won't turn on at all. Turns over til the battery dies...omg. I miss my car. It's obviously electrical which means I am screwed because I am lost in all that wiring. I have a meter somewhere. I found a leaking accelerator pump, fixed it. My car has no front turnsignals now either...removed. I'm making a new grill.
if it's running on battery could your alternator be bad? and when did you say you got an electrical shock when your skin touched the metal of the car?
I doubt your getting a shock from the electrical of the car. Removing your EGR plate, then just re-installing the carb, will effect how the throttle cable, and the kick down and everything lines up. You need the proper thickness spacer, of a new egr plate.
Ill get a new plate soon. I figured that might be part of it. The alternator was old when I got it. I'll have it checked.
i thought my alternator was dead. I had looked over all the wires and everything looked ok. the black wire going to the alternator had snapped inside the wire sheating . . . Bryant figured it out
Sounds like one of our Chrysler products that zaps the car from your person then the Wireless Control Module(sort of ignition switch) goes locked up and no response. No crank and towed in for a re-boot(battery disconnect) So no matter how frustrating the old cars are at least its not a new one full of computers that remind me of Windows 98 on my old Packard Bell. You'll get it figured out.
I had the hot wire to the cigarette lighter, and some other wires that the former owner spliced into that, that were grounding against the metal dash. That caused my lights not to work, the car wouldnt shut off with the key, and sometimes it wouldnt start! After removing all "extra" wiring, never had a problem again. Good Luck.
