One electrical problem fixed - another found

[mthomas58]

Guess I really shouldn't be surprised.

Disconnected neg battery cable and pulled all fuses to clean up all terminals and check all connections to the fuse block to fix overheating/melting (not blowing) problem with A/C fuse. This problem now appears to be fixed.

However, "while I was in there", I found another problem. With all fuses out, I had a spark indicating a short somewhere. Also, with or without fuses in the box, re-attaching the neg battery cable creates a spark.

Reattaching the neg battery cable has always created a spark since I have owned the car - I just didn't know enough to know that was a problem.

Can someone please point me in the right direction with some troubleshooting steps to ID the location of the short?

Stopped by the local dealer to get an idea of what they would do to find the problem in the event I can't fix it myself. They said they would charge 2 hours labor to troubleshoot the problem and apply that cost to the total cost of repair if I move forward with the repair. I would really like to fix this myself. I enjoy the challange and the opportunity to learn.

Thanks!

[Jim Sims]

Not all circuits are fused, hence the spark when reconnecting battery cables even with all the front fuses out. There may not be a problem (a short) at all.