1978 MALIBU "PROJECT TUMMY TUCK"

[kuruption109]

Skip: yea im going to do that

When I was at Superior Battery auto parts yesterday getting another battery, The owner of the body shop came in and we started talking, since the body shop is right in front of it, he told me to just bring the Mally, he has a electrican that works there with him at the shop to takle down there electrical problems when cars come in, im sure he will find the problem, and they can also start the body work on the mally...kill two brids with one stone..

Tomorrow i will install the trunk spoiler, mess with some fiberglass and move forward...stay tuned guys :wink:

Nice get I tr done bro..

 

[Dave V]

Had electrical problems today..i wanted to fiberglass some screws to the trunk spoiler but then this happened..

Brand new Battery dead again!! I went right to the alternator and starter wires and this is what i found..

Call Mel so he can guide me though things and he told me about all the ground makers...i grounded everything right and also got a new positive battery cable with the little wire that comes with it so that wire goes directly to the alternator...there was
A wire but i think the car was a V6 before and didnt need it coming from the firewall..after fixing all the wires my interior lights came on, and thy never turned on before...so i guess i fixed something right...lmao..tha mally turns on better, before u u could here that the starter was not getting good conection....

Wont know till tomorrow morning when i go to start it...if the batterys dead again im going to I HATE ELECTRICAL WORK....skip thanks for the diagram but this wire stuff is draining me...

Damn those wires are toast....i hope u get it figured out....

 

[80ELCAMINOFLAKE]

Thanks Dave:

Yea they were bad...I got them all fixed out...but something still draining my battery...im just going to charge the battery again...put it in the mally...monday morning connect it and stright to the body shop, so that they can see that when it sits for more than 1-2 hours the battery will go dead...and they can go from there...

When i first connect the fully charged batttery mally turns on and sounds good, everything working all the light, brakes, etc...just when u turn off and let sit..somethings draining the batt...

so we will see...thanks for ckin in

 

[kuruption109]

Had electrical problems today..i wanted to fiberglass some screws to the trunk spoiler but then this happened..

Brand new Battery dead again!! I went right to the alternator and starter wires and this is what i found..

Call Mel so he can guide me though things and he told me about all the ground makers...i grounded everything right and also got a new positive battery cable with the little wire that comes with it so that wire goes directly to the alternator...there was
A wire but i think the car was a V6 before and didnt need it coming from the firewall..after fixing all the wires my interior lights came on, and thy never turned on before...so i guess i fixed something right...lmao..tha mally turns on better, before u u could here that the starter was not getting good conection....

Wont know till tomorrow morning when i go to start it...if the batterys dead again im going to I HATE ELECTRICAL WORK....skip thanks for the diagram but this wire stuff is draining me...

IN MY ELCOWARREN VOICE THATS AN ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN!!!!!get that fixed asap bro man they jerry rigged them wires!!

 

[80ELCAMINOFLAKE]

LMAO the scary part is i can hear him saying that too...

Nahh its fixed already...ran all new terminal and wire...but something still draninng my batt.. :?

 

[richp85elco]

by any chance do you still have the headlight switch pulled out? was it doing that since you got the car or after you did something?

 

[Bumpin1ohmSS]

Oh you better believe I'm sayin that!!!! And it kills me how this wasn't pointed out when u bought it. Wow! Man go thru everything!

 

[80ELCAMINOFLAKE]

by any chance do you still have the headlight switch pulled out? was it doing that since you got the car or after you did something?

Hey whats up...nah i made sure the all was off..i went over everything i can imagine...there are not many wires to look at..gbodys wire are all in ur face where u can see everything...just cant pin point it..i will double ck tho..thanks

 

[80ELCAMINOFLAKE]

Oh you better believe I'm sayin that!!!! And it kills me how this wasn't pointed out when u bought it. Wow! Man go thru everything!

YuP yup...went throught every wire that i could see..under the hood all the way back to the rear..i re grounded some wires that looked bad..when shes at the paint..i will ck in here and there to see if the electrian found any other issues...im sure its some thing small...but where...lol ..thanks fo cking in. 🙂

 

[80ELCAMINOFLAKE]

So moving forward and not letting this electrical problem put me down...went to charge the battery so that when im ready to take the mally to paint some day next week i can drive her there...i also went to junk yard to find me a good dome light..mine was burned out..came up on a super clean one..

I also started mocking up my trunk spoiler and put two holes in it on each end...went to auozone and got a can of fiberglass and will fiberglass the bolt to the spoiler and lock it down...i will try two bolts first...and if it fits good will put one in the middle...everything looks good so far..since i never messed with fiberglass this should be fun....sh*t we 80zbabies we can do anything!!!! Lmao stay tuned... :wink: