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Battery High terminal short to frame

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badeaslava said:
Thanks again for all your helpful comments and suggestions. I've managed to get the power issue sorted out by connecting the ground lug of the solenoid directly to the battery negative. Now i get power when i turn the key, i get lights and everything working fine. I need now to charge the battery back to 12V and try to start it. There's one small (or maybe big problem) when I connect the ignitor into the electrical system I get a large current draw, such that all my lights, indicators dim significantly. Is this normal when the motor is not running? the ignitor shouldn't be doing anything when the motor is off, maybe there's a short.

meanwhile I'll try to get the battery charged somewhere and try my luck starting it... wish me luck...
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I think you must have a bad ignitor as you previously indicated a short that disappeared when you removed the ignitor. That is probably drawing down the battery. Why is it not blowing a fuse?

I would not fix ground problems while you have a bad ignitior.

I cringe a little when you said you moved a ground lug from solenoid to directly to the battery. The B/W ring lugs are how current gets back to the R/R(-). I would not willy nilly move them around unless you know what you are doing.

I assume this is the B/W ring lug from the harness that went to one of the -mounting bolts for the solenoid?
 
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