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Old 06-28-2010, 10:12 AM
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Originally Posted by vstech View Post
nahh I don't think those wires go through a fuse. certainly not one of the fuses in the fuse tray.
the melted wire looks to be the main power lead to the starter solenoid, or the charge lead from the alternator. (my SD has an extra wire there, so not sure exactly)

Yes, I don't think these go through any fuse. Last night I confirmed that I am getting inadequite voltage from the alt, so it must be the 4 strand wire to the alt/VR./Starter in the schematic micalk generously provided (THANKS!!!), my FSM is unreadable.

I read another post where someone had some melting there and lost alt recharging, so I am heading to the dealer to get a starter/alt wiring harness and new connector, and will see if it melts again. Hopefully this is just due to the poor thermal shielding I have read MB used until the mid-90's on these harnesses. Once it meltede a bit, it started shorting and got hotter and hotter and melted more and more....at least that is what I am hoping.

Will report back once I get the new harness in place!

thanks again everyone!
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