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Posted by Secnd2nun64 (Member # 1431) on :
 
I must have dark cloud over me.I picked up a screw in my tire last night which the tire shop said was not repairable. I take the car home with the spare since they didn't have my tire size in stock. So this morning I decide I will drive my mustang to work. It's suppose to be nice out and a Friday so why not? I hop in the car and go to start it and the battery was dead. Turned out I left the wideband meter on. My mistake so I go to jump start the car. Didn't want to start. I double check the connection for a good ground and when I did that on the mustang it moved the jumper on the other car. The jumpers ended up touching and started smoking. I run over there disconnect it all. The mustang now has no electrical power at all. I hooked up my trickle charger to charge the battery sine I'm now running late for work. I go wash my hands off come back out and notice the battery charger cable I hooked up to the dead battery smoking. I open the door of the car and no interior lights or anything. So I just unhooked for now till I can look at it more tonight. It's been one he'll of day so far and it's only 9am!! I wanted to do that cruise on Sunday but who knows what the he'll I fried in that car now. Okay done venting!!! [Mad]
 
Posted by Rio1999GT (Member # 9231) on :
 
That sucks. Sorry to hear that.

I'm having a bad day too, I didn't win the lottery [Frown]
 
Posted by omarquez510 (Member # 11233) on :
 
First thing to go is the fuses. check ALL of them. [patriot]
 
Posted by 68dustin (Member # 5388) on :
 
i hate when that happens... go buy a lotto ticket & hope ur luck changes... 500 mill will turn this crappy morning into [Big Grin]
 
Posted by cemelevu (Member # 10601) on :
 
sounds like you might have collapsed the cells in the battery.
 
Posted by Secnd2nun64 (Member # 1431) on :
 
Buying some fuses now. Hopefully the battery is okay. It's a optima redtop.
 
Posted by Wrench Monkey (Member # 9529) on :
 
The battery is fried. And if your fuses aren't popped, the fusible links will be. Guaranteed after that.

Good luck, take the battery to a battery place and they will charge it and tell you weather it's good.
 
Posted by Secnd2nun64 (Member # 1431) on :
 
Put a meter on the battery and it had 5 amps. No fuses are blown. When I hook up the battery cables I get a full power draw down to zero on my meter. Something definitely got fried.

I took some wires off the starter solenoid and it didnt ground out. So its a wire to the altanator, MSD box or my stereo amp. I'll check it out tomorrow. Maybe my luck will improve!! [dance]

[ March 30, 2012, 11:35 PM: Message edited by: Secnd2nun64 ]
 
Posted by 66_5.0 (Member # 9974) on :
 
Damn well I hope its nothing major and you get her up and running today [patriot]
 




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