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    Electrical Issue

    I'll start by giving a brief background on the car. Car is a 93 MX-3 with a turboed BP from a protege. I've had no issues similar to what I'm going to describe.

    I recently bought a Miata to daily drive to work so my MX-3 has been sitting quite a bit. I at least start it once a week or so, so this surprised me.

    Anyway, I went to start my car yesterday, it was one of the coldest days of the season so I expected it to turn over slowly. When I turned the key I could hear the starter click, hesitate for a second or two and hesitate again. Never had any issue like this so I waited a moment and tried it again, clicked two or three times and I started to smell something. So I popped the hood and the clutch line distal to the slave had melted--it was quite a bit of smoke. Enough had melted that fluid leaked out and the car no longer has enough hydraulic pressure: to place any resistance on the clutch pedal.

    So I disconnected the negative on the battery first thing and drove my other car to work. I went out and took a photo earlier. The car has an EGT transmission that a friend swapped in for me but I had never looked at this plate before. I unbolted the ground from the plate before thinking I should obtain some advice before continuing.

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    My most basic assumption is that I have a short somewhere, but I'd love any kind of advice.

    Thanks, Jeff
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    so you're saying the ground wire was bolted to the clutch line bracket? how many grounds do you have, and where are they located?
    -Jack

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      #3
      There were two grounds bolted where you see the one in the picture. I followed both of them: one terminates near the wiper motor; the other enters a wiring harness near the starter and exits near the wiper motor. I've never modified any of the grounds in anyway.
      The car does have a battery relocation to the trunk so that is certainly abnormal.
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        #4
        bad grounds .. so it used what it could to route the power ( path of least resistance and all that )


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          #5
          I'm going to try new ground wires and make sure that works before installing the new clutch line. I take it that this is something that just happens? I'm wondering if the plate was set against the starter in an awkward spot.
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