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Locknar
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 Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 2:42 pm Post subject: OMG! how screwed am I |
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I decided to work on the area under the battery today and give it a good cleaning and anti-rust coating. While removing the battery I noticed that the cable marked neg(-) was RED and the cable marked Pos(+) was black. I thought it was odd but removed the battery and spent the next couple of hours cleaning/coating the compartment.
Guess what I did when I stuck the battery back in.. Yeah I put the RED on pos(+) and Black on neg(-). The car would turn over but I got no fuel pump noise. I checked the cables for tightness and then I realized they were backwards... I switched the cables back to the way they were prior to me removing them and it started right up.
Q: Do you think I fried anything having the cables backwards??? ??
and yes I have fixed the cables so that this wont happen again. geesh
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Gary
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If it started up, then it doesn't appear that there's a problem.
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Locknar
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| Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 2:54 pm Post subject: |
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True, but I am one of those guys that will loose sleep thinking about that dang screw-up.
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Schubs409
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| Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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| does ur radio work? i fried my radio that way exact same way....luckily its the only thing that was hurt. |
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Russ Wolfe
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The FI control unit has a protection diode in it. If the FI engine runs, then you are OK there. You might have hurt the radio, or the T/S flasher, but I think that is about it.
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Air_Cooled_Nut
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My only concern would be the polarization of the generator. I'll let someone more knowledgeable speak about that.
I would recommend you put some masking tape on the battery cables and use a permanent marker to label them so you won't do it again. Better yet, replace the cables with the appropriate color cables  If anything, replace the ground cable with a braided one. That's more unmistakeable and will work equal to or better than a cable 
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Russ Wolfe
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| Air_Cooled_Nut wrote: |
My only concern would be the polarization of the generator. I'll let someone more knowledgeable speak about that.
I would recommend you put some masking tape on the battery cables and use a permanent marker to label them so you won't do it again. Better yet, replace the cables with the appropriate color cables If anything, replace the ground cable with a braided one. That's more unmistakeable and will work equal to or better than a cable |
If the generator light is out now, he didn't hurt it. If the engine didn't start with the reversed polarity, the generator never got power applied to effect the polarity.
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Locknar
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| Posted: Sun Mar 26, 2006 3:46 pm Post subject: |
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Update.. everything works except the dang radio.. 
You live and learn I guess. Thanks for the comments.
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Russ Wolfe
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| Locknar wrote: |
Update.. everything works except the dang radio..
You live and learn I guess. Thanks for the comments. |
You wanted a new stereo anyway. That is the sub-concious reason you did it. 
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Schubs409
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| Locknar wrote: |
Update.. everything works except the dang radio..
You live and learn I guess. Thanks for the comments. |
You wanted a new stereo anyway. That is the sub-concious reason you did it. |
that must be why i did it too!!! its so clear to me now!!!  |
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