Need help guys
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Drifting
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Need help guys
Well i was cleaning my maf and all was well until i started to hook up my battery ,i hooked up the positive post first i know,i know should of done it last oh well then i hooked up the negative side and as i was tightening it down (using a ratchet open end box) the damn wrench fell on the positive terminal while being on the negative it sparked i got it off went to start my car and nothing battery is fine ,what did i blow guys pissed like you have no idea
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yea thats exactly what i did positive first then negative but the darn ratchet wrench fell back while on the negative post and made contact with the positive post causing a spark ,checked all fuses under the hood and all are good
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could be the security system sensed something wasn't right and shut down for a while.
shorting across the terminal shouldn't blow any fuses because current has flowed between + and -. no fuses involved.
it is correct procedure to remove neg first, pos last. that way the battery is isolated so if while pos is being removed the wrench touches metal there will be no short. pos is installed first for the same reason. the only way to get in trouble is to do what you did short across the terminals.
Last edited by 10U 99; Oct 1, 2008 at 09:00 AM.
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