No restraint No mercy At least from those of us who have never made any boneheaded mistakes...I hear a resounding silence. Mike > From: Maynard Southard <echomhs@GIS.NET> > Reply-To: Maynard Southard <echomhs@GIS.NET> > Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 17:22:06 -0400 > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > Subject: Yikes, Crosswired Battery! > > Bonehead here! I just replaced the battery in Reinhardt and, using my > incredible brain and magnificent manual dexterity, I managed to attach my > positive cable to the negative terminal of the battery and then started to > hook > the ground cable to the positive terminal. The quick zap I heard must have > triggered my own neuron synapses and I realized that I had committed the > automotive equivalent of shooting myself in the foot. I corrected my wiring > and the starter worked and the engine started, but my red alternator light > will > not extinguish. > > With minimal laughter, could someone tell me what I have done and if I can > remedy things? The Diesel Vanagon does not have a computer, so I don't think > I > fried anything real important (the ignition key was not on or even in). Have > I > toasted my alternator? Can I replace anything to restore its virginity? > Thanks for any restraint you may exercise in responding! > > Maynard Southard (OvO) '79 > '86 Double Cab Diesel "Col. Potter" > '82 Westy Diesel "Reinhardt" > '82 Vanagon GL Diesel "Sluggo" > '93 EV GL "Klinger" > '00 Golf GLS TDI "WooHoo" > '84 Jetta GL TD "Donor" > |
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