6th Gen Electrical Bump in the Night

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    Okay, so for the last 2-3 weeks, I've been combing through all the resourses I can find trying to figure this out, with Very limited success.



    The original problem presented like this. I hit a bump on the highway, the headlights went dim, power almost nonexistent, hit another bump, headlights back to bright as hell, and full power again. 3rd bump, back to dim headlights, and it stayed like that, within 3-5 minutes the dash was flickering and I was DRT. (Dead Right There).



    So, I found the heat stressed 30 amp main fuse. Someone had actually added a 40 amp fuse in line there also. There was potentially a direct to ground short from one of those connectors touching the frame, so I sorta suspected that to be the problem. Got it towed back to the house, cleaned up some of the problem spots in that section of wiring and charged the battery overnight. Took it for a test ride the next day, no bueno. Ran good for a couple of minutes then completely dead within 10.



    So, I replace the battery, ran good for 100 miles? hour and a half? something like that.... then went over a bump and heres the problem again. Except now it doesn't ever get right. Just stays down.



    So I replace the stator. Figure I need to anyway, because I don't know how many miles it has on it etc. New stator, and battery, ran good for an hour or so, then, Hit a bump and killed me again.



    What on earth is going on here?! any advise is appreciated.
     


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