That bling looks good on the black. I may think of adding some to my SSB SRT 6.
Thanks for the website VALKRYDERGUY.

 

Does anyone have access to VIN checks lol, being too excited I forgot to check this before I bought my rig....DON"T FLAME ME....

 

I think I found your previous owner...

https://www.crossfireforum.org/forum...yahoo-com.html

 

Good find I should contact this guy even though I think there might have been an owner in between him and myself. Anyone have access to VIN lookups? Bueller?????

 

I think I may also be in the "Mysterious no start" group now. I basically didn't drive my car for the whole weekend and this morning I got to put my key in the ignition and the car won't turn. So I try again no luck. I opened the hood made sure all the connections were good and went back to start it and magically it did. I have read all the RCM articles so I am going to check on that when I get a chance. It hasn't done this since I bought it but I just had my first one so hopefully this is the RCM easy fix.

 

I think tighed1 has posted an exchange on RCMs. Send him your old one and he'll send an exchange. He re-enforces some solder points in the RCM. Say's it is what causes the problems. He asks for only $10 to cover costs. Check it out .... if that's the problem. His post shows what to look for, and where to solder, if you can do it yourself. Sorry that I don't know how to do a linky.
He's pretty nice considering he's always BLUE !

 

I don't think it should be a problem I work with an electrician who solders all day so that isn't a problem to get it fixed at all, I just have to look at it and see if it was just a fluke or if it really needs to be fixed which I am sure it does given that everyone else experiences the same thing as I just did.

 

This is what you don't want to do while jumping you car....my poor baby. I wont be on till later tomorrow/tonight to explain my errors..

 

That red jumper is on the wrong post, I can tell you that.....

 

OMG!!! That can't be good! The little voice in my head is telling me to reserve my comments because Im sure you are having a melt-down, no pun indended, over this.

Pooly

 

Error #1 - taking a picture of burning jumper cables rather than putting out the fire

Possibly caused by error #1a - not having a fire extinguisher handy. ; )

 

Had to use my Crossie to jump my dying Riviera and I cringed throughout the process, but the Crossfire was none the worse for wear :whew:

That having been said, I will invest in one of those portable battery chargers or charger/inflator combos that fit in a briefcase. Saw a cheapo one at O'Reillys before I got my SRT but this one might do the trick. You can blow out your electrical system even on a GOOD jumpstart

Good that you are in Illinois. If you are conservative, there are many folks who can help you out there (AA, FP, LOL). Otherwise, there's AAA just sayin'

 

John, I was thinking the same thing, but when something like this happens, I try and bite my tongue (I said try, usually someone else just beats me to it)

 

Well obviously in my confusion and lack of attention to detail I reversed the polarity it seems on the wire causing it to melt let's say lol. I did indeed try to stop the surge as you can see the black part of the "jumper" on the ground next to my wheel. It shocked me as it were a live current, as well as melted skin on my hand (it also melted through my jacket) so if you honestly think I sat there and did nothing you are wrong. It all happened in about a matter of 5 seconds and no one in this forum would have touched the "parts on fire" in this situation TRUST ME it was a pretty fantastic display of what not to do. That being said a fire extinguisher was grabbed within 30 seconds and the fire was put out unfortunately not fast enough to save the headlight from melting and part of the bumper as witnessed in the picture. What was evidently wrong with my car was the "mystery no start" RCM needed to be soldered...I wish it had occurred to me sooner for after this event had taken place It "clicked" in my head that my RCM was bad. I got that fixed and every part of my car functions just as good as it did before this took place. I knew well putting up a picture of this would get me flamed and I am here taking the "blows" for it.

It was a stupid mistake but I would rather get the information out there for people to always double check what you are doing as well as don't be on the phone taking your attention away from other things while you are jumping cars lol. Being that I were on the phone and had to hand up my call is why you see this picture because if the wires were faulty in such a case I at least had visible evidence of such...too bad for me this weren't the case.

That being said I am in the market for a new headlight and possibly and SRT bumper if anyone is interested in selling either of these hit me up through PM. I got off lucky with the girl who offered to help me settled on a payment of $500 and it is not going through my insurance.

 

Was not trying to flame you at all, we are all human, after all. Just giving you a little **** like we often do on this forum....

I wish you the best of luck making your baby whole again

 

We have all had those moments when we wished we had been a little more attentive. I feel your pain and am glad it didn't turn out worse than it did. Live and learn, or not as the case may be.

 

LOL. I'm not accusing anyone of flaming me it just comes natural with posting something like that. I definitely learned something here haha.

 

Yeah... I have years of firefighting training from the Navy. Never touch anything in an electrical fire - secure the power first (which usually will cause the fire to go out), use the right kind of fire extinguisher... so, I'm a bit more **** about stuff like that than a lot of people might be.

Glad you learned some things and glad you shared your experience so others can learn too.

 

Sorry to see this Brian. Let me know if you need any help!