If the starter fuse is blown you wouldn't get any voltage to the starter. The 2 volts may be some residual power from other part of the car. If the fuse is blown, it also means the entire cable must be replaced. The fuse itself is not a replaceable part. Jumping a fuse is a REALLY bad idea in ANY electrical system. The fuse is there to protect the system from an overload. If you end up with a fire or worse because you jumped the fuse, you can bet with 1000% certainty that your insurance will not pay you a dime.

 

Yes I understand that and I will replace the battery cable I just wanted to let people know there at be a way to get the vehicle move when in a pinch. Also may save some other owner from wasting money on a dealer or a new starter.

 

Do you have a part # for the cable with the inline fuse. I would like to look it up (just curious).

 

I don’t have the part number but here is a picture of the broken fuse.

 

That's one hell of a high current fuse. Might be 1000A given the high cranking amps for the LR2. If the only device on that cable is the starter, then only the starter could have overloaded it, correct? In that case, the starter might be bad. Don't know how else that could have happened unless the fuse was impacted by some physical trauma at the battery and broke.

 

That's not a fuse, it's a fusible link. I *think* old part # is LR005422 or LR007469, and new (current) part # is LR017335.

 

Yes indeed, it's a fusible link. And that cable costs more than a simple fuse!

I would feel better about replacing it if I knew what caused the overload in the first place. As I mentioned in my previous post, the very best case is that there was no overload and it somehow got physically damaged or corroded. In that case, you're out the cost of a new cable assembly but at least you don't expect it to happen again right after you replace it.

 

Also, make sure your battery is secure with the lockdown bolt(s). That connection should never sustain any damage.

 

The starter is an electrical motor. If it fails, or starts to fail, it will draw more current than the usual large draw during start. The fusible link is intended to prevent a fire due to a severe amperage draw. These cables run around $100 on eBay, and i think that's reasonable. But if the link blows, replacing the cable without finding the underlying cause is, as you imply, just an invitation to spend $100 again.

 

Yes, likely a failed starter although it may be possible for a metal object to short from the starter pos terminal to ground... typically that would be a wrench if you were working on something down there but you'd definitely know when it happened

Also possible that the link failed physically, but I kind of doubt that, it's an off-road vehicle so it should be design for bumps obviously. It appears to have a steel frame to support the fuse part.