anyweb
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wife needed my car again today (w202-1995) but complained that the door wouldn't open, indeed it wouldnt as the battery was flat, she left the lights on when she locked it the day before...
so i attempted to jump start it for the first time in a few years and made the mistake of connecting the two cables which connect directly to the altenator to the plus/minus on the jumpstart cables to my other car,
there was some electrical smoke and i adjusted the cables slightly before trying again, same thing *but car lights did come on during this)
so, i disconnected the cables quickly and felt stupid... now perhaps my altenator is fried ??? who knows
next i read this post which correctly showed where the PLUS was on my car, (see the yellow arrow in the attached pic below)
i conencted up plus to that and connected minus to an earth point on the car (a bare screw..) this time when i started the car it fired up immediately no problem at all, BUT when i diconnected either plus or minus the car died immediately. I attempted this again with the same result, the car starts just fine when i have the jump start cables attached but as soon as i remove one, the car dies.
so have i killed the altenator or do I just need to charge the battery ???? is there something in the altenator that can be quickly and cheaply replaced as it was perfect before i messed things up
so frustrating arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
so i attempted to jump start it for the first time in a few years and made the mistake of connecting the two cables which connect directly to the altenator to the plus/minus on the jumpstart cables to my other car,
there was some electrical smoke and i adjusted the cables slightly before trying again, same thing *but car lights did come on during this)
so, i disconnected the cables quickly and felt stupid... now perhaps my altenator is fried ??? who knows
next i read this post which correctly showed where the PLUS was on my car, (see the yellow arrow in the attached pic below)
i conencted up plus to that and connected minus to an earth point on the car (a bare screw..) this time when i started the car it fired up immediately no problem at all, BUT when i diconnected either plus or minus the car died immediately. I attempted this again with the same result, the car starts just fine when i have the jump start cables attached but as soon as i remove one, the car dies.
so have i killed the altenator or do I just need to charge the battery ???? is there something in the altenator that can be quickly and cheaply replaced as it was perfect before i messed things up
so frustrating arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
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