@@jghcustoms if a device is isolated from the vehicle ground but has a ground it can be live. The older cars had a rubberized heater under them. The rubber part isolated the body of the carb from the manifold. If it degraded the carb could become live. Because it was isolated from the manifold. I saw them in the late 80’s doing it. If not the circuit woukd have shorted
@@jghcustoms yes the element must have been shorted to the case. And because the case was isolated it did not blow a circuit. Most likely of you had check for continuity between where you measured and the block you would have had extremely high or infinite resistance. Its kind of like when your block has no ground you will measure 12V between the block and the negative battery terminal. Its an incomplete circuit. Not trying yo be a dick. I started in the automotive trade in the 80s, decided it wasn’t for me. Headed back to college for electronics. Then serviced a lot of electrical and electronic instruments and devices. Then went into IT in early 2000s. I taught first year electronics/electrical as well. Just trying to help you understand what you are seeing and why! Cheers
Missing ground.
It's not it has a ground
The heating element is bad
@@jghcustoms if a device is isolated from the vehicle ground but has a ground it can be live. The older cars had a rubberized heater under them. The rubber part isolated the body of the carb from the manifold. If it degraded the carb could become live. Because it was isolated from the manifold. I saw them in the late 80’s doing it. If not the circuit woukd have shorted
Well I changed the element out and it fixed it so I was right ig
@@jghcustoms yes the element must have been shorted to the case. And because the case was isolated it did not blow a circuit. Most likely of you had check for continuity between where you measured and the block you would have had extremely high or infinite resistance. Its kind of like when your block has no ground you will measure 12V between the block and the negative battery terminal. Its an incomplete circuit.
Not trying yo be a dick. I started in the automotive trade in the 80s, decided it wasn’t for me. Headed back to college for electronics. Then serviced a lot of electrical and electronic instruments and devices. Then went into IT in early 2000s. I taught first year electronics/electrical as well. Just trying to help you understand what you are seeing and why! Cheers