Please help me...
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Melting Slicks
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From: South Amboy NJ
Please help me...
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Originally Posted by BlackRoseLT1
Have you had the battery cable completely out of the car? If so, where does the NEG side hook up?
This should not be a big deal so just relax.
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Melting Slicks
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Bob - the battery is still in the car. I talked to JD on the phone and i'm going to disconnect the battery to take it out of the equation and use a mutlimeter to on the positive battery cable to make it a ground and check for continuity.
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Originally Posted by BlackRoseLT1
Bob - the battery is still in the car. I talked to JD on the phone and i'm going to disconnect the battery to take it out of the equation and use a mutlimeter to on the positive battery cable to make it a ground and check for continuity.
Last edited by Special K; Jan 12, 2006 at 01:54 PM.
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Melting Slicks
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From: South Amboy NJ
Originally Posted by Special K
Dave, no offense but we all make mistakes. Could it possibly be hooked to +V?
no offense taken Bob...the +V also has my amp tap on it and it is in the correct place. After i get home from work later i'll play with it more.
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Originally Posted by BlackRoseLT1
no offense taken Bob...the +V also has my amp tap on it and it is in the correct place. After i get home from work later i'll play with it more.
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A multi-tester might show you continuity to ground on the positive cable even when there's no short. There are things like the radio and computer that draw some current from the battery even when the car is turned off. Trace the wires back.......Like Joe said you must have a pinched or skinned wire somewhere behind the engine. And make sure it's not shorted at the starter. It's possible for the end of the cable to twist and touch the starter or the block......ask me how i know.
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Originally Posted by ralph
A multi-tester might show you continuity to ground on the positive cable even when there's no short. There are things like the radio and computer that draw some current from the battery even when the car is turned off. Trace the wires back.......Like Joe said you must have a pinched or skinned wire somewhere behind the engine. And make sure it's not shorted at the starter. It's possible for the end of the cable to twist and touch the starter or the block......ask me how i know.
been there