QuestionWhen touching the positive to positive,just touching it,it sparks,smokes and sounds like the starter is trying to work.without the key!' I dont dare even hook it up all the way for fear of exploding!it really sounds like it will try to start.I went to shucks, and explained howmwe hooked up the barrery cables and they said I did it correctly,,now what?
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Hello again, I rechecked under the dash and can find no loose or spliced wires. When touching the postive cable to the positive battery terminal it clicks like trying to work the starter. The key not in the ignition when this happens, also other then a spark when touching the battery,it slightly smokes.? IM STUMPED!~
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i have a 1979 caprice. Battery was stolen along with the battery wires, (cut). We replaced battery and wires. When hooking up the battery neg to neg all ok, then post touched positive and it sounded like car was going to try and start! spark, sizzle,car trying to turn over with no key! now what> checked for spliced wires under dash and found none incase someone tried to hotwire car
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I wonder if there are any wires crossed , and were the new wires hooked up right.? . when you hook up the battery - you say it tries to start itself ? w/o the key in it ?i would say that the selonoid might be bad or a wire is crossed.Re check all wires and look for any jumper wire if it was hot wired.
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Sherry;
If you have the battery in correct and the cables in right when you hook up the pos to the pos and the neg to the neg it will spark a little as the juice is going threw the circut with the key off and lights off , etc. the battery can / will spark a little , if it was wrong it would spark real big or it could even explode. so if it is all hooked up right it should start when you turn the key .
and if you do have it hooked up right and when you turn the key and it dosent start , the battery could be dead , if you have put the battery down on the ground at any time for a few hours , it could be dead , as the battery will ground itself and drain all of the juice into the natural ground and in turn go dead. you place a piece of wood down than the battery on the wood,etc. so try to start it. let me know OK. ps do the lights and radio , horn etc. work ?
Answer Sherry
I wish I was there so I could see what is going on, if all is hooked up right and if no one cut or jumped any wires (at all) if there is only one wire hooked up wrong it can cause some serious damage , I would have a second person with the key in the ing. and the other + holding + the wire on the post and try to turn the key and start it ,this way if anything gos wrong you can just lift the wire off the battery. - or you can have some one that knows to look at it, it is hard for me because it is the type of thing where I would have to be there.did you hook up the fuseable link the right way ? and as for the cut wires are they on right ?
