posted 09-11-2018 10:29 AM                  

quote from article.

“It all comes down to volts, amps and wattage,” said Rick Zitren, owner of Broadway Auto Electric in Lemon Grove. “If you relate it to plumbing, with electricity instead of water, volts is the pressure, amps is the flow and wattage is the end result, the amount of power that is consumed. Too much or too little of any of the three causes a problem.”

posted 09-11-2018 10:49 AM                  

Picture taken from another thread. everyone should check this area.

posted 09-11-2018 03:41 PM                  

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Was the positive cable, where it bends over the rear of the battery. On the underneath side it had burned a small hole in the cable. You couldn't see it, but you could feel it. I got it running again and all the dealer did was make a band-aid patch on the problem, by stripping back the red cable...cleaning out corrosion, and placing heat-shrink cable cover over the cleaned area. They said the cost to replace the positive cable on the cat was $800, which was under factory warranty, but Chrysler refused to pay for a replacement positive cable

posted 09-11-2018 04:28 PM                  

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Originally posted by Weezy:
Larry, $800 for a cable? That cable better be made with platinum or gold.. holy cow

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posted 09-11-2018 05:30 PM                  

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Originally posted by TLRandall:
Part of the entire wiring harness, they couldn't do just the red part, not on a Prowler

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T-Rex is right.... Brian, here is what that wiring harness looks like.. Now you know why the cost is that high:
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posted 09-11-2018 11:17 PM                  

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Originally posted by ALLEY CAT:
Brian,,, I'm thinking that job is not a DIY project

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posted 09-12-2018 02:55 PM                  

Positive battery cable touching battery case WILL NOT cause a short or loss of power. Battery cases are plastic. Plastic is an insulator.

Positive battery cable can be replaced on a Prowler, or for that matter on most cars, very easily.

Simply cut off old cable where it enters and exits wire loom.

Route new cable outside wire loom from battery to Power Distribution Center. Secure with a few cable ties to prevent chafing and your done.

Parts cost under $25.00

I've accomplished this many times on classic cars and cars where rodents have eaten wiring.

Most common Prowler positive battery cable chafing points are under radiator and at Frame/Power Distribution Center location.

BradleyG found and solved his battery cable problem at Power Distribution Center.

Pictures below are from BradleyG's post.......

Installed insulating sleeve over battery cable.

posted 09-16-2018 08:55 PM                  

If I remember things correctly the 1997 converter is unique.

posted 09-22-2018 04:54 PM                  

Okay, so I had some time today to work on this. I removed the BCM (this was NOT fun!), but got that sucker out. I blasted the connections with canned air designed for electronics, sprayed the connections with electronic connection cleaner, let dry and then used a small dab of di-electric grease on each and every pin. I reconnected everything and turned the key to run - same gauge issues. Started the car - no change.

Unless someone has a 1999 BCM I can borrow to see if I can narrow it down to the BCM specifically, I have also pulled the dash apart again and will be sending both the gauge cluster and BCM to Syracuse NY for diagnosis. I'll let you know what my results are because I know there are several people dealing with gauge issues right now.

posted 09-22-2018 10:13 PM                  

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Originally posted by spoons:
If you send the BCM to United Radio they run a diagnosis on BCM and if it’s okay they only charge a diagnostic fee ($50-70). If it’s bad then they will fix it or provide a new one.

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posted 10-01-2018 05:55 PM                  

After removing, cleaning and adding di-electric grease to the connections, I sent my BCM to United Radio in Syracuse NY. They received it Wed or Thur of last week and called me this morning. He said the BCM checks out fine and they are sending it back to me at no charge, not even shipping. I even offered to pay at least shipping, and he said no - that's how we do business.

That gives me a good feeling about the type of people who run and work in that shop and I guess with no other ideas about why my gauges are possessed, I will be boxing up the entire gauge cluster and sending it to them. Hopefully it's just a capacitor or something simple. And hopefully the next call will be.. "we found the issue"!