altenator ground smoking

[1992s13hatch]

I have fixed my starter problem now it cranks over but the ground wire gets hot and smokes can anyone tell me what to do please!!!??

[bardabe]

sounds to me like its shorting out.

[WIKID S4TEEN]

^This. Check your wires or did you do anything to your car that we should know about, maybe pressure wash engine?

[godrifttoday]

make sure the cable that has the power to the alternator is not touching thr body... it should have like a plastic thing to protect it from that..

[1992s13hatch]

It still has the plastic protecting it I am using the ka lower harness a the ground goes into a t one wire going to the harness the other going to the starter and another going to the altenator but the one going to the starter is frayed a little would that cause it and I didn't pressure wash it

[1992s13hatch]

Could someone show me there ground for the altenator

[AutechKouki]

You put the positive as a ground on the alternator. No wire from the starter is a ground.

[1992s13hatch]

Ok so do you know where that wire goes and can I just ground the altenator to the strut tower

[PureRush]

Your alternator is smoked out!

[1992s13hatch]

What do you mean??

[PureRush]

I'm just messin hahah