ooooops, Grounded battery. now car won't start.

[schmat66]

Okay blonde moment. When connect my battery to move my car back into place. i hooked the positive up. didn't realize one bracket was touching another piece of metal which was touch more metal so on and so forth, put negative on and ark spark and now no start.

Key turns over. i have power. but it goes click. i also noticed signals didn't work. radio did.

what did i eff up?

Thanks

Ryan

[Lmmorden]

Did you try to boost it? Sounds like you drained the batt too much to turn over...

Doubt that would have affected solenoid

[schmat66]

Didn't boost it. Battery was good because I had it hooked up to move it before this. But was doing work around that area so unhooked it

[Flagrum_3]

Didn't boost it. Battery was good because I had it hooked up to move it before this. But was doing work around that area so unhooked it

You check all your fuses?

[Lmmorden]

I arked my boat battery and had to charge it after... Try boosting it

If you hear click, the starter solenoid is being engaged.. Just not moving

[Noisy Crow]

it's very possible that you caused some internal damage to the battery...

[staax]

Well check the battery first of all.

If that checks out, check all fuses, next I'd tell you to start looking at the ignition.

I have a feeling you shorted the battery though. Hope that a boost will start your car, but if it doesn't start a second time you pooched the battery.

[schmat66]

im 90% sure its not the battery. since i have a second exact one i tried with the other one. still nothing. I'm gonna go over all fuses tomorrow. i was hoping someone would say "check ___ fuse" instead of me going thru everything haha

[TheMAN]

blown main fuse

[slam525i]

I've done that before while doing wiring repairs. Turns out I blew fuses completely unrelated to the system I was repairing (trunk wiring harness on an E34). As others have said, check each and every fuse because seemingly unrelated systems might have blown.

[dentinger]

blown main fuse

start here.

its not hard, or time consuming to check all the other fuses though, especially if you have a testlight.

[schmat66]

Went thru some fuses. (test light) found a batch that didn't light up. put new fuse in and still didn't light up

signals work now. maybe i wasn't paying attention. Headlights don't. brake lights do. everything interior does. just hear click like a dead batt.

i have two batteries both are fully charged (even put back on charger and full) didn't work

Gonna check the relays at work tomorrow. hoping thats my problem.

[schmat66]

relays are not my problem. certain fuse light up and some don't on my PJB.

[Flagrum_3]

relays are not my problem. certain fuse light up and some don't on my PJB.

Now that would suck if it's the PJB, ...lets hope not.

If you've checked your relays and fuses and they're fine, I would suggest checking any small gauge wiring, as with an electrical short, sometimes wiring can get fried....just putting shit out there.


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[Squisher]

I'd have a PB+J to boost BS levels before digging into the PJB.

Good luck with it.

[Dave_The_BMXER]

Not sure if the 5spd and auto ECus are the same but I still have a spare if it comes to that.

[schmat66]

Got the car started last night :)

it was the main fusable fuse thing that connects to the battery off the alternator wire. need to repair it permantly now.

[midnightfxgt]

Thats the main fuse. Usually you can't buy them separate from a main harness.

Whats the plan to fix it?

[schmat66]

Thats the main fuse. Usually you can't buy them separate from a main harness.

Whats the plan to fix it?

Lots of google researching atm.

I ran the wire off a separate fuse to make sure it was it and it started.

Did you do the big 3 john? along with bigger alternator wire?

[midnightfxgt]

Yes sir. 0 ga off the Alternator. Just ditched the plastic cap over the bolt to accommodate the large ring terminal

[schmat66]

Yes sir. 0 ga off the Alternator. Just ditched the plastic cap over the bolt to accommodate the large ring terminal

what size fuse did you run on that wire?