[valoskate420]

hi i recently deleted my abs and did something really stupid, i cut the wires where they come into the bay, and took them out of the pinout of the abs harness... since then my car has done this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18hIYGzkmgI&feature=youtu.be

and i cant figure it out. im flippin the headlights if you cant tell, and when i hit the hazard light my steering wheel makes a zapping type noise.

 

[slo_eg8]

sounds like a relay

 

[HiProfile]

Usually terrible battery connections or grounds will do that. If a power wire was somehow arcing to ground (barely) w/o blowing the fuse, it could also do that. Try hooking a charger's positive lead up to the alternator wire where it connects to the engine bay fuse box. Clean the grounds on the battery, transmission, and t-stat housing.

 

[valoskate420]

will do. just put a new yellow top in so the battery is fine. could it also be the ground behind the ecu that has like 6+ wires in it?

 

[HiProfile]

That ground is more for internal relays & such. Only grounds exposed to water or the environment will be problematic. I recall my brother had a strange issue regarding the battery, it ended up being a shorted wire in the trunk.

 

[valoskate420]

thermostat ground was stripped, could this be the culprit?

 

[robgoof]

thermostat ground was stripped, could this be the culprit?

could be ,if it was loose ...

 

[valoskate420]

should i factor in all the paint i just used in the bay for the other grounds contact points?

 

[valoskate420]

i have whats left of the abs wire taped up inside of my firewall since i didnt wanna take the time to remove all the abs wires al the way through the dash.

 

[robgoof]

have you taken out the abs fuse?

does the car start and drive ok?

Tell us more about this zapp sound you speak of...

 

[xile6]

Sounds like the abs relay kicking on and off.
I remember I was in a car with abs and when you first turn it on it would buzz then stop.

But as others said.
Does the car start?
Have you remove the abs fuse?

 

[valoskate420]

the car does not start, when i try to crank it over, it drains all power in the car, without killing the battery.
I removed the abs unit completely. the fuses and relays for it were underneath the hood right above the unit. i unplugged everything and removed it. the wires for the unit i stupidly cut and pulled through the firewall from the orange plug on the abs computer located at the pcm, i noticed that not all of the wires from that plug went to just there so i unpinned the wires from that harness and kept it unplugged from there.

 

[valoskate420]

I guess Im gonna end up pulling the entire dash out to hopefully remove the rest of the wire harness for the abs unit completely. if I had another harness to replace it with i would.

 

[valoskate420]

anyone know if the abs harness is wired into the A plug harness that runs under the dash??

 

[xile6]

the car does not start, when i try to crank it over, it drains all power in the car, without killing the battery.
I removed the abs unit completely. the fuses and relays for it were underneath the hood right above the unit. i unplugged everything and removed it. the wires for the unit i stupidly cut and pulled through the firewall from the orange plug on the abs computer located at the pcm, i noticed that not all of the wires from that plug went to just there so i unpinned the wires from that harness and kept it unplugged from there.

Really sounds like a bad ground.
The battery isn't drain UT the ground is bad so the voltage doesn't do what it's needs to.
I would recheck all the grounds with a voltmeter.

 

[valoskate420]

Really sounds like a bad ground.
The battery isn't drain UT the ground is bad so the voltage doesn't do what it's needs to.
I would recheck all the grounds with a voltmeter.

okay ill look into it. if i cant find it any any of the body grounds should i pull the harness and check the junction plug?

 

[xile6]

okay ill look into it. if i cant find it any any of the body grounds should i pull the harness and check the junction plug?

Yea it's possible you could of snag a ground wire in the hard that was meant for something else.

 

[valoskate420]

if it is the junction should i just tie them all together and solder?