Date:         Mon, 27 Mar 2006 16:39:35 -0500
Reply-To:     Christopher Gronski <gronski@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Christopher Gronski <gronski@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Battery Fireworks after starter install!! Help!!!!
Comments: To: Daniel Gordon <dangordon0128@hotmail.com>
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Silly question but could you have just reverse the polarity (ie: pos
to neg and vice versa)?

Chris

On 3/27/06, Daniel Gordon <dangordon0128@hotmail.com> wrote:
> So, I replaced the crap ass starter with a Hi-Torque IMI 104.  Installation
> exactly the same as removal, all the same wires. I reconnect the battery and
> FIREWORKS from each post!  looks like it melted one post like a short
> would...
>
> There are several misc. wires that were jostled during installation but none
> disconnected or reconnected.  There are different wires in mine cause its an
> Adventurewagen.  Could one of these be inadvertantly touching something it
> shouldn't?
>
> The real question: Is this a short somewhere in the wiring?  Is that the
> only thing that could cause this?  Did I fry anything else important!?
>
> I hate electric.
>