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Message: <blockquote data-quote="FaykSaleen" data-source="post: 1175012" data-attributes="member: 11463">Alright guys, here's some trivia. I myself am not 100% sure what I've done wrong but I think I might be onto something and I'm going to give it a shot in the morning. Anyway, here's the results of today's attempt at starting up my car:I hook up a battery, flip the key open and try to start it - Click - Starter is not turning.. hmmI open up the casing over the starter relay, unhook the ground coming off the harness coming from the motor (not the one on the battery terminal) and hit the starter relay and the car is cranking over now but the harness ground is unhooked.I reconnect the harness ground and click! Nothing... except a little bit of smoke <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite12" alt="o_O" title="Er... what?    o_O" loading="lazy" data-shortname="o_O" /> I get a hunch that the block is getting power from somewhere, I hook up a test light, touch one of the heads with it, hit the starter relay, low and behold! The block has 12 volts running through it!!! What in the world could be causing this?Cliffs: Block has power running through it when I connect the harness ground wire to the chassis & click the starter - wtf?</blockquote>