Electronics Need help wiring something up? Thinking of adding an electrical component to your car? Need help troubleshooting that wiring glitch?

Accidently touched both battery terminals

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old Jul 16, 2010 | 04:14 PM
  #1  
Road Rash Ninja's Avatar
Thread Starter
Junior Member
 
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 30
Likes: 0
From: Rottenchester, WA
Car: 1988 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z
Engine: TPI 350
Transmission: Beefy 700R4
Axle/Gears: Stock, don't have a clue
Accidently touched both battery terminals

So, I have been trying to find this short in my system, with my tail lights, so i figured it could be the alarm, which should be wired into the same system to get it to blink. so i went to take the negative wire off the battery when i missed with my wrench and it touched the positive terminal and almost welded itself to it. now when i hit my blinkers (which i just installed a new turn signal switch in the steering column a day ago) both fronts blink, and the rears do not. my fuel pump and power windows also didn't work, until i swapped out the acc fuse and got those back. WEll, actually, the car doesn't run any longer. it'll start up then die, as the fuel isn't properly being metered, etc. any feeback on anything else on where the extra energy could have fried? all the fuses in the fuse panel and convienence (i don't have any fuses there) are ok. didn't see any smoke, or smell any electrical type smells.

thanks in advance.

Last edited by Road Rash Ninja; Jul 16, 2010 at 04:51 PM. Reason: Left out details
Reply
Old Jul 16, 2010 | 09:31 PM
  #2  
uraijit's Avatar
Banned
 
Joined: Feb 2010
Posts: 85
Likes: 1
Re: Accidently touched both battery terminals

Do your dash lights still work?
Reply
Old Jul 17, 2010 | 10:43 AM
  #3  
Road Rash Ninja's Avatar
Thread Starter
Junior Member
 
Joined: Jun 2010
Posts: 30
Likes: 0
From: Rottenchester, WA
Car: 1988 Chevrolet Camaro IROC-Z
Engine: TPI 350
Transmission: Beefy 700R4
Axle/Gears: Stock, don't have a clue
Re: Accidently touched both battery terminals

Yeah. just not the fuel system
Reply
Old Jul 17, 2010 | 11:16 AM
  #4  
554racing's Avatar
Junior Member
 
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 7
Likes: 0
Re: Accidently touched both battery terminals

have you tryed the fuel pump by pass it is the test port under your dash make sure the fuel pump is not the prob. get a SERVICE MANUAL i found a cd on ebay it will go deeper than the books at the autoparts store. it will tel you how to trouble shoot your scoot
Reply
Old Jul 17, 2010 | 11:45 AM
  #5  
henryd3's Avatar
Supreme Member
15 Year Member
iTrader: (128)
 
Joined: Aug 2009
Posts: 1,821
Likes: 40
From: Central California
Car: 92 Camaro RS
Engine: LO3
Transmission: T5
Axle/Gears: stock
Re: Accidently touched both battery terminals

Did you check that fuse in the connector mounted between the battery and your radiator overflow tank on the side of the engine compartment?
Reply
Related Topics
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
Falcon50
DFI and ECM
81
Aug 22, 2020 03:26 PM
3rd gen money
Electronics
6
Oct 11, 2019 09:57 PM
RS Reaper
Electronics
4
Oct 17, 2018 07:52 PM
oil pan 4
Fabrication
2
Oct 6, 2015 11:56 AM
drumstixer
Body
5
Sep 29, 2015 03:02 PM




All times are GMT -5. The time now is 05:49 AM.