This happen to anyone? Didn't notice my starter wires were loose and too close to the header. Had the car in the shop for some work, guess it fried the wires when they started the car and they had to disconnect the battery to shut it down. They said the starter is OK and they rewired it. :(

Pretty common problem, just check what they did and get them out of the way. Just have to route them carefully.

Sure have, you really need to pay attention to what's near your headers....

Yes, I that happened to me twice while in a shop. I had them nicely wrapped next to the oil pan and they remeoved them to repalce the starter they said and let them dangle and burn they did . I threatened to sue them and they didn't charge me for the correct repair

Also got to watch that pesky timing light inductor lead :yes: :thumbsup:

This happen to anyone? Didn't notice my starter wires were loose and too close to the header. Had the car in the shop for some work, guess it fried the wires when they started the car and they had to disconnect the battery to shut it down. They said the starter is OK and they rewired it. :(

Yup. Been there done that. Solution...junk the headers. Never ever again on any car I own. Too much trouble.

As a matter of fact, I just had this happen today on my dually. I guess I was too excited to get the exhaust done last night, (just put new headers and duals on it) I didn't notice the positive cable was touching the header. I had plenty of time to think about my mistake as I took the header out and ran new wires on the side of the road. What do you do when the tow truck breaks down? Fix it where it lyes. Even if it's two feet from the white line of an expressway with a 65 mph speed limit. Luckily, I carry tools and misc. parts with me at all times. On the way home I blew an upper radiator hose. So when I got home, I replaced all the hoses and flushed the cooling system. Hopefully, it won't get an attitude with me again for a few weeks. :sad:

Back in the high school days, with my first version of the car i have today, coming up a steep hill, smoke starts coming out of the hood.....stop, pop the hood...i've got a fire!...to young & dumb to carry a fire extinguisher, got it out with dirt from the side of the road-back & forth-back & forth.....the positive cable had actually arced long enough on the header tube to melt a hole into the tube about an inch square....nowadays, i have the correct metal tube that the wires run through to protect against this sort of event

fix the wiring and go to napa and get some asbestos loom. It is braided and really stiff but it will keep the wiring from getting chafed or burned. It is the same stuff that chevy put on the harness later on and it works very well.

Recently had a shop put a 1/0 feed to the starter. High quality GXL cable, QuickCable cast 90* lug and they laid it on the G.D. header! I saw this at pick up (5:01PM), got a paint mixing stick and jammed it between the two. Made it home with a wood fire under the hood l:)

The asbestos shield sounds good, but I bought a heat shield loom from Jegs or Summit, and ran my battery cable through it. Also clamped it to the frame to keep it away from the headers under all circumstances. I ran the heat shield from near the starter as far up towards the battery as the shield would go. Suggest the same with the other wire(s) going to the starter or go with the remote solenoid.

Steve

the quickest, easiest, and best solution is to do what GM did starting in the 70's- they ran the solenoid trigger wire and power lead in bent metal tube that bolts to one of the bellhousing bolts, and ran the battery cable up against the oil pan rail to the front of the engine. even with the tightest fitting headers, you'll have at least 1" of clearance everywhere.
this is one of those things where you merely have to look to the General to see how they took care of the problem.