Hey all,
Second time posting, big fan. I have a 1997 Hyundai elantra wagon with a 1.8 l 4 cylinder engine. I started having some issues with overheating, and identified that the cooling fan was not operating. After replacing/checking the fusible links and relays, it started working. Then the car started dying while driving. I replaced the alternator belt, the alternator, battery, battery terminals, ground wire from the battery, and checked the relays by replacing each with one I knew worked. I also saw the clip that plugs into the alternator was frayed and corroded, so I rebuilt that as a replacement is not available, even through salvage yards. I also found a wire that was corroded in the wiring harness, and spliced in a new wire. These repairs have happened over the course of a week, and after each one, the car has died while I was driving. The symptoms while driving are: the dashboard lights get dim, the headlights dim, the radio cuts out (before I stopped using it), the blinker stops working, then the abs light comes on. And it dies. I have been unable to locate a hanes or similar manual, but I'm still looking. I also have no experience doing electrical diagnoses with tools or sensors, so any direction in that area would help... Also, I'm out of ideas of what the problem could be. Any ideas? Any help is greatly appreciated, I'll be making a parts/tools run tomorrow if necessary, and will be working on it over the next few days if I/we/you can figure out the problem. Thanks!