wire melting

[eddielujan]

Ok I'll try and make this short, I owned this 96 eclipse gst 4 years ago and sold it for 2,000. I recently bought it back for $200. They only managed to put 1000 miles since I last had it, guy that bought it from me had it parked for 3 of the years (military) sold it to someone else, and he had it until now said it was sitting for awhile and that it was bucking alot. Anyways I checked it out 2 months ago and the black/yellow wire in the pic was melting when i tried to turn the ignition on and it wouldnt crank just fan belt was on, so we immediatly turned it off (this was before I bought it, I was thinking of buying it at the time guy just wanted to get rid of it) So I finally bought it, I figured it was a steal. I tried to start it today but nothing, just fan turned on, wire did not smoke this time but got no crank!!

 

[nuclearr]

That is a ground wire. Replace it if its melted there is too much resistance on it probably from corrosion.

Or the starter is shorting out. I would check the ground from the block to the battery if it is bad or disconnected too much juice may be going trough the other grounds and melt them.

 

[miguelmcv]

We need more info.
Have you check spark, fuel, compression, Timing?.
Try to start with that melted wire unhook.

 

[Asian Beast]

A common reason wires melt is because of to much resistance and it creates heat.. With that said check the wire and it's connections at both ends for corrosion.

 

[rlacasse1]

That's a ground wire. Replace it. Then check and see if all your other grounds are looking good.

Pretty much what NUCLEAR said up there.

 

[eddielujan]

Thanks for the quick responses!! I'll check out the ground wires, thanks!!!

 

[luv2rallye]

You should have a heavy cable from battery negative to a starter mounting bolt and another from battery negative to firewall, both with clean tight connections. Then another heavy cable from battery positive to the starter positive terminal. A braided strap from intake manifold to firewall is also a good idea (and is stock from factory).