I cant start it now even i put a new battery after i made a mistake when i jumpstar it the pos wire went to neg. what would be the effect of this
Chances are you cooked some of the major fuses in the car.
Take a test light or meter and check the major fuses first, then the smaller ones.
Your owners manual should have the locations and what the fuses protect.
SOURCE: Car is Dead
Hi!
Sorry to hear of the awful incident.
I can't understand how your friend managed to hook up the jumper leads the wrong way without arcing or sparks flying off the leads as connection was made?
Are you sure You didn't try boosting it to 24Volts? to get away?
If so then as the ignition was turned on all the bulbs will have blown and possibly the burning was the Alternator frying.
If Not and only a very brief attempt was made then all may not be lost (Hopefully)
Before this incident are you sure the battery was flat and Not a faulty starter motor? if it was then the connection the wrong way will possibly have only blown the bulbs as I feel the problem lies with your starter.
When trying to crank the engine with a poor/low charge in the battery, Volts go down Amps go up cooking the wires in the starter making it feel/look like a flat battery afterwards even with a fully charged battery installed.
Firstly I would examine all ignition circuitry for cooked wires, then check all bulbs (Replace blown/fused) If the wiring isn't too bad then
I would replace the starter, install a fully charged battery, (Make sure you flash the positive lead before connecting properley to see if direct shorting isn't taking place) then try again.
If you have no luck then come back to me for more suggestions, I'll pop off to my Toyota Buddie and see if I can't scare up a wiring diagram.
Good Luck!
You can do this,
Paul 'W'
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SOURCE: 1998 toyota crolla battery hooked up wrong, car starts but no acc
I believe the reason the lights would still work is due to the fact a light bulb doesn't discriminate about polarity. It would be fair to say you have fried relays in your car. These should be located in something that looks like a fuse box in your engine bay. Some may also be in your fusebox. Hope this helps and good luck.
SOURCE: my mr2 won't start. no accessory lights on.
The positive which is normally red goes to the starter solenoid. The negative or ground (black wire) bolt to the engine and body.
SOURCE: changed positive cable terminal, now battery dead, fuse box ticks
hazard lights left on ? check to see waht relay it is that is clicking anr read to see what it is for? hope this helps
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