[alfa] re: milano radiator/waterpump wiring - HELP!

[Joe Elliott <jee@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I'm not sure why it would refuse to idle, or why your wiring was 
affected at all by shorting the battery directly to ground.

But I'm pretty sure that the wire pictured near the AC compressor 
goes to the fan thermoswitch.  The wires behind the headlight are 
grounds for all sorts of things--I'm guessing that the burnt one is 
the ground for the thermoswitch, because if enough current travelled 
to the switch for that wire to burn, then the same amount of current 
left the thermoswitch and would burned up whatever wire it passed 
through.  My Milano wiring diagrams are at a different physical 
location, so I don't know for sure where the ground for the 
thermoswitch is, but behind the headlight would be the logical place.

-Joe

At 10:32 PM +0000 11/1/03, alfa-digest wrote:

> Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2003 09:34:47 -0800 (PST)
> From: Monty Mathisen <monty@domain.elided>
> Subject: [alfa] milano radiator/waterpump wiring - HELP!
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> Car : 87 Alfa Milano 2.5 Manual Transmission
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> I hit a pothole and the arm that holds up the hood popped out of its 
> holder and hit the positive terminal on the battery. Result : hell 
> on earth. The wiring the front right side of the car caught fire  
> or burnt ; car is drivable shuts itself off whenever you stop if 
> the revs are not kept up. Temperature runs between 225-275. Suspect 
> wiring to water pump and fan are burnt. On the way home there were 
> also Christmas tree displays from the alfa control thing  all the 
> doors were open flashing in some kind of weird pattern. The lights 
> and the windows seemed to work though. Do you have any suggestions? 
> Anyone have the parts?
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> Pictures of beautiful burnt wiring here : 
> http://www.mathisenmotorsports.com/wires/
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