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Why are the battery cables too short to install my new battery on a 1999 1200 Sportster?
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∙ 15y ago
you have to have the battery held up by someone or somthing to attach the cables, then when you get them tight, lift the batt up until the bottom clears the tray and then slide it back
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How do you remove a battery from a 2001 Passat 1800TI?
Best and easiest way to change battery in any Volkswagen. Remember if your computer loses power it will go into limp mode and you will find yourself at the dealership for vag-com. Have a friend with a good battery and a set up jumper cables and hook cables from his battery to yours, loosen battery terminals on your battery and carefully remove battery with out knocking the cables off (remember keep power to the battery cables on your WW). Carefully install your new battery and tighten the terminals. With jumper cables still hooked to your car start your engine, then remove the jumper cables. I would then take car for a short drive to ensure that there is a full charge to the battery you just installed.
Can you start a car if battery cables are on the wrong post?
no- if you connect a battery the wring way round you will short the battery on a modern car you may damage the ECU
What will happen if terminals of the battery are reversed?
If terminals of the battery are reversed, it will short the device that is using the battery. On a car reversing the cables can blow fuses, melt wires, and fry computers.
When you put your battery cables on your 1996 dodge neon why did smoke start comin from under the hood?
Cables connected improperly Dead short to ground in electrical system
Sears Tractor runs only with jumper cables attached to a good battery After disconnecting the cables the tractor engins within seconds It's a 17 Hp Kohler engin on a Sears 42 mower tractor?
If the tractor had a battery in it when you were jumping it, there is a chance that the battery is bad. Try unhooking the tractors battery and trying again. Hook your jumper cables to the battery cables themselves without being attached to the battery. If it runs then just replace the battery. A battery with a short in it will keep the mower from charging and could cause it to die. If there was no battery in the tractor when you were jumping it, then the tractor is not charging and will have to be diagnosed as to what the problem is.
Can a bad starter cause a short and make your cables hot and you have to unhook battery to get it to stop burning?
It could but, have the battery tested before you purchase a new starter.
Why is it a good idea to install a ribbon cable befor connecting power to drives?
Ribbon cables are difficult to work with and it is never a good idea to install cables on a device when it has power running to it. Components could short and be damaged or the technician could be damaged.
What makes it spark you have checked the battery battery cables and starter but can not hook up cables without major sparks?
you may have a dead battery of a shorted wire or component. be sure to connect positive to positive and negative to negative. disconnect one component at a time to find short. check that the exaust manifold isn't touching the starter
What would cause battery cables to get hot and drain battery?
Extreme power consumption, like a short! Not a safe situation. If you have a meter, check the current flow through the cables. To find out where the power is going, pull ALL the fuses (noting where they went) and then with your meter, replace them one at a time.
1993 Acura Vigor It will not start when you turn the key you hear a click but it does not start this all started after you got your battery terminals cleaned and it cannot be jump started?
If a jump start will not start it then it is not the battery. You either have a short in the battery cable connection to the battery or the engine/starter or you have a bad starter. Test for a short in battery, battery Cables or connection. Trace where the positive battery cable connects to usually an electrical box on the inside of the engine compartment and put the positive jumper cable there while putting the negative jumper cable on a metal part of the engine (you are by-passing the battery and the battery cables completely). If it does not start now then you have a bad starter.
Why is it a good idea to install a ribbon cable before connecting power to drives?
Ribbon cables are difficult to work with and it is never a good idea to install cables on a device when it has power running to it. Components could short and be damaged or the technician could be damaged.
If you had a new alternator put in and now your meter shows discharging as engine runs could the hookup be backwards?
Not likely. But you would get a big spark putting the cables on the battery. Sounds like you have a short, or bad altenator, battery
