Jeremy_K
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charging problems after electrical short...HELP!!
THIS IS LONG BUT PLEASE, I NEED HELP! I forgot to disconnect my battery before doing my my motor mounts the other night. as my assistant (i won't mention any names! haha), disconnected the alternator, the wire touched metal by mistake and the starter solenoid went up in smoke. i put in a new starter solenoid and put everything back together and it ran that night and the next day it died on my way to work. i had the alternator and the battery tested and they were both dead. so i put a new alternator and battery in and it ran fine once again for a day. today on my way to work it started dying again. i started it up and took the pos. battery cable off and it died instantly. i don't know tons about electrical but i would think there's some kind of fuse or bad wire between the alternator and the battery? anyone ever had this prob.? it is a brand new alternator from autozone(not a rebuild). i will get that tested in the morning since it could be a lemon. any help will be greatly appreciated. -jeremy
THIS IS LONG BUT PLEASE, I NEED HELP! I forgot to disconnect my battery before doing my my motor mounts the other night. as my assistant (i won't mention any names! haha), disconnected the alternator, the wire touched metal by mistake and the starter solenoid went up in smoke. i put in a new starter solenoid and put everything back together and it ran that night and the next day it died on my way to work. i had the alternator and the battery tested and they were both dead. so i put a new alternator and battery in and it ran fine once again for a day. today on my way to work it started dying again. i started it up and took the pos. battery cable off and it died instantly. i don't know tons about electrical but i would think there's some kind of fuse or bad wire between the alternator and the battery? anyone ever had this prob.? it is a brand new alternator from autozone(not a rebuild). i will get that tested in the morning since it could be a lemon. any help will be greatly appreciated. -jeremy
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