>> My brothers' 96 Grand Am positive battery >terminal melted a couple
days
>> ago. We replaced it but I see more trouble >ahead. The cable looked
bad
>to
>> me. Do you have to replace the entire wiring >harness ?
>> He's recently replaced battery and alternator.
>Sounds like a dead short to me. I'd check the >entire cable and look for
>someplace that the insulation is worn through. >On another note check
that
>the hood or something else isn't getting against >the positive post.
Power
>amp installed? check that too.
The battery wasn't drained, there's just a lot of heat building up in the
cable-wiring harness and it literally melted the lead terminal. There were
just a few strands hanging on.
No power amp, just standard equipment.
-hbuck
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