November 3rd, 2015, 05:22 PM | #1 |
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Battery polarity crossed during a jump start.....bike dead :(
Long story short, a friend was trying to help me jump start my bike with a jump box because the battery only clicked when I tried to start it. He reversed the polarity on the cables and now I get nothing when I try to start the bike. No lights come on when I turn the key, nothing at all.
How hard do I get to smack him upside his fat head??? Is it just the battery that got fried, or is it worse than that? I tried swapping out the ignition fuse, still nothing. |
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November 3rd, 2015, 05:40 PM | #2 |
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Easy fix, you blew the main 30A fuse, it's on the side of the starter solenoid, replace it, and you should be good to go.
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November 3rd, 2015, 05:46 PM | #3 |
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November 3rd, 2015, 05:52 PM | #4 |
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Note in photo, the small red cover, not the one on the battery, the other one labeled FUSE
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November 3rd, 2015, 07:36 PM | #5 |
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Pheeww, thank you!!!!
I'm still gonna hit him HARD though.....and make him pay for the fuse, and some expensive beer |
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November 3rd, 2015, 07:45 PM | #6 |
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Fuse... $0.35cents
Craft Beer... $12.84 Good times, priceless.....
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November 3rd, 2015, 09:35 PM | #7 |
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November 4th, 2015, 09:19 AM | #8 |
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30A fuze is nothing... Try a 100A fuze installing the battery backwards in a 1990 Celica... Yea, we were all young and negligent at some point - some of us still are. don't be too hard on your friend, you both learned a valuable lesson with an easy fix.
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November 4th, 2015, 11:40 AM | #9 |
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Hey, don't talk away his free beer
Sláinte!
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November 4th, 2015, 04:25 PM | #10 |
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Get the beer, then smack. Then share a beer with the person that shouldn't be touching vehicles.
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November 9th, 2015, 12:10 PM | #11 |
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ditto. I have Ford and Acura certifications out the ass from 15 years of wrenching in dealerships before going back to school and I can't even count the number of dumb mistakes myself and other pros have made.
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