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Originally Posted by robbz28
Ok so i get home and look for my.good multimeter and cant find it so i grabbed my 10 dollar special analog meter set it to 50 mA DC and put it between the negative battery cable and the post and it pegged out my meter for a second and popped the fuse in it...so i just left the negative cable unhooked and came in...got to get some fuses and find my digital multimeter...
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There's quite a current inrush to the system when you connect the battery cable - probably on the order of 10s of amperes as the headlight controller and other systems come to life. So it's tricky to measure the current initially, but the current draw settles down after a second or so. Remember that there are two fuse panels (one at the end of the dashboard and the other under the dash on the passenger side) and the 6 or 7 fusible links
connected to the terminal behind the battery. So there's a lot of stuff to disconnect one at a time whilst trying to find the offending circuit. My best guess is to look for whatever aftermarket stuff you have first. The factory circuits that fail are likely due to sticking relays - like the fuel pump. Good luck ...