i was driving down the road yesterday and my car made this loud backfire [right now i have no muffler and it was freezing outside] and my car jerked forward and shut off so i pulled onto a off ramp and checked my oil and for holes in the block and any leaking and couldn't find anything out of the ordinary. so i started it back up it started just fine and i drove about 10 feet and the car jerked forward again and then smoke started coming up from the hood [not the front of the hood the sides] and a cop pushed me to a parking lot and i tried starting it again and it made no sound at all when i turned the key not even the starter.

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225 Slant Six [Super Six]

Sounds electrical. Could you be more specific as to where the smoke came from (fire wall, wires along engine, near battery)? What year is your car?

I've got a 1970 Plymouth valiant and the smoke looked to be coming from the fire wall and the smoke smelled rubbery

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225 Slant Six [Super Six]

i think it might be my fusible wire its split and that's about where the smoke was coming from what should do?

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225 Slant Six [Super Six]

Replace the fusible link and find out why it shorted.

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Casually looking for a Clifford hyperpak intake for cheap.

Fix the overload or short and then replace the fusible link.

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Joshua

Until you track down the cause of theblown fusible link, you may want to install a temporary circuit breaker instead of another fusible link.

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Casually looking for a Clifford hyperpak intake for cheap.