[kach22i]

Strange short, don't know if this is the end of the story.

I found the ground to the engine block, the other cables went to the starter and alternator. All were very secure, and could have looked worse. I started the car and pulled and tugged on then one at a time, the car kept of running, so I looked elsewhere.

I found a stray wire which I could not figure out where it went, car runs fine without it.

I found another wire oxidized and it broke loose from the fuse block near the battery when I went to inspect it. I fixed it, but the car ran with or without.

Of the three fuse blocks near the battery, the middle one labeled "A/C" turned out to be the one giving me the problem. It became so sensitive from my fooling around under there that getting out of the car or just tapping the top of it it very gently would shut down the car.

My A/C has not worked for ten years, so I pulled the fuse and taped it up to keep moisture out. The car ran fine, so I shut it off and pushed (forced) the rubber fuse boot onto the metal fuse holder plate. The car once again would not start,. so I pulled the boot off the holder and let it float in the air with no downward force to the bundle of wires below.

The car now runs great, I drove it over a bunch of bumpy frozen ice packs along the curb edge at speed with no issues.

Funny thing this short is, I'm not sure I've seen the last of it.