Quick question for all of you who are much smarter than me.

I posted threads a few years back about an electrical short I was having in my Roadrunner, 383 auto with a mopar mini starter on it.

The battery was disconnected. When I connected the battery, it fried wires under my dash and my main power feed wire to the ammeter. The key was not even in the car, lights were in the "off" position.

My question: Could a bad starter short out and cause such wires to fry like that?

The car was sitting for several years before I hauled it to our new home across the country. Maybe sitting caused something? The starter is over 20 years old and has spent most of its life close to the header pipe.

Thanks in advance, Eightlitermopar

For anyone bored that wants to see the original threads, here are the 2 links:

https://board.moparts.org/ubbthread...in-walk-me-through-this.html#Post2642205

https://board.moparts.org/ubbthread...in-walk-me-through-this.html#Post2642205


Mopar or no car