Test drive between rain storm last friday went well. The car has a tiger racing hood on it and has seen some rain during trips. The cycles of moisture and heat probably contributed to the electrical tape failure, allowing that part of the harness to get too close to the passenger side exhaust...

Never went to get a battery. Pulled the current one out of the car and it showed 12.56V. Started digging around on the car and found the electrical tape holding the harness to the passenger side shock tower failed, allowing the harness to swing over close enough to the exhaust manifold to melt...

After taking a break on the car sunday and monday I continued researching, found the link to wiring diagrams on this forum and determined the blackened wire in my earlier picture is the starter wire. That should be case grounded, so I'm not quite sure why that wire would be hot enough to blacken...

The wire that looks crispy off the battery is hot to the touch key on. For the hell of it, i turned the key to on, didnt crank and every single light appeared on the cluster and all the warning messages came up. Check the battery, 12.2V. Maybe i get lucky and have a crappy battery.

Easy enough. Ill give that a shot. What about battery type? The car died on me while running errands around town 3 years ago, oem battery made it a long time. I walked to advance and got the only battery they had on hand that would fit, duralast silver.

Gentlemen, Mostly a lurker here, 2012 boss 302, 46k miles. Check charging system message came on and off 3 or 4 times and then stayed off. Battery is 3 years old. My trickle charger showed and alternator voltage regulator fault. Went to 2 other parts stores, both confirmed voltage regulator...