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tc93610
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Sat Nov 26, 2005 9:16 am Post subject:
Battery hooked up wrong |
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Some one hooked up my battery backwards and it started smoking. Now the
car won't start. What did they burn out?. Thanks.
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Hachiroku
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Sat Nov 26, 2005 9:16 am Post subject:
Re: Battery hooked up wrong |
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On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 23:11:53 -0500, tc93610 wrote:
| Quote: | Some one hooked up my battery backwards and it started smoking. Now the
car won't start. What did they burn out?. Thanks.
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If you're lucky, just the battery.
If you're just a little unlucky, the Fusible Links, generally mounted in
the fuse block under the hood.
If you're totally screwed, they took out the voltage regulator, which is
usually attached to the alternator. There are replacement regulators
available.
Unfortunately, you didn't say what year/model, so these are
generalizations...
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I've spent a great deal of money on Whiskey, Women and Fast Cars
The rest I've squandered. |
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Ray O
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Sat Nov 26, 2005 9:16 am Post subject:
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"tc93610" <poochy2@nospam.sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
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| Quote: | Some one hooked up my battery backwards and it started smoking. Now the
car won't start. What did they burn out?. Thanks.
You are very lucky that the battery did not burst. |
Check the 100 Amp main fuses in the engine compartment and the fusible
links.
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Ray O
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Gary L. Burnore
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Sat Nov 26, 2005 9:16 am Post subject:
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On Sat, 26 Nov 2005 04:26:18 GMT, Hachiroku <Trueno@ae86.GTS> wrote:
| Quote: | On Fri, 25 Nov 2005 23:11:53 -0500, tc93610 wrote:
Some one hooked up my battery backwards and it started smoking. Now the
car won't start. What did they burn out?. Thanks.
If you're lucky, just the battery.
If you're just a little unlucky, the Fusible Links, generally mounted in
the fuse block under the hood.
If you're totally screwed, they took out the voltage regulator, which is
usually attached to the alternator. There are replacement regulators
available.
Unfortunately, you didn't say what year/model, so these are
generalizations...
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Right. If it's a newer model (with a computer) he could well have
lost it. If the smoking was from wiring rather than the battery, at
minimum he's looking at replacing the wiring harness or parts of it.
I especially like the "someone" and "they". Heh.
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gburnore at DataBasix dot Com
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Mark A
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Sat Nov 26, 2005 9:16 am Post subject:
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"Gary L. Burnore" <gburnore@databasix.com> wrote in message
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I especially like the "someone" and "they". Heh.
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Usually it is a "friend". |
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Jim Tiberio
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Sun Nov 27, 2005 2:33 am Post subject:
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"Ray O" <rokigawa@tristarassociatesDOT.com> wrote in message
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"tc93610" <poochy2@nospam.sbcglobal.net> wrote in message
news:49c6ee2821105c416ad316ac7e0a6662@localhost.talkaboutautos.com...
Some one hooked up my battery backwards and it started smoking. Now the
car won't start. What did they burn out?. Thanks.
You are very lucky that the battery did not burst.
Check the 100 Amp main fuses in the engine compartment and the fusible
links.
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That did the trick for me when I hit the wrong terminals with my jumper |
cables, quick and cheap fix. I don't know if kooking up the battery wrong
is worse though. |
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