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| rgolia |
 May 12 2014, 01:56 PM
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GeoJoe  Group: Members Posts: 719 Joined: 5-February 10 From: PA Member No.: 11,329 Region Association: North East States 
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(IMG:style_emoticons/default/WTF.gif) I complete the rebuild on the rear suspension and now the starter does not work. It does not make a sound...dead. I even installed the replacement starter I had laying around (high torque unit from pelican), and it does not work. What did I screw up this time? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/hissyfit.gif)
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| Tom |
May 12 2014, 04:52 PM
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Advanced Member Group: Members Posts: 2,139 Joined: 21-August 05 From: Port Orchard, WA 98367 Member No.: 4,626 Region Association: None |
Andy is so right, but there is more! Batteries store a lot of energy and can be very dangerous.
Say you are removing the positive battery terminal with the negative hooked up still, and already have the bolt broken loose, but not quite loose enough. As you go to remove the wrench, it slips and moves over to contact ground. You now have the perfect storm. The wrench has about 400-500 amps running through it. Next you grab the wrench to remove it. It is welded and now you have a very serious burn to your hand. All of those amps have produced some serious heat! ALWAYS, ALWAYS remove the negative battery terminal first. I have witnessed this happening twice. Once the guy broke the wrench loose and saved the battery but received a nasty burn that took weeks to heal. Second time the wrench was welded so well to the chassis it could not be removed and the battery exploded. This was when I was a child and knew no better or I would have informed them to stop. I go even further. I have a special fully insulated wrench ( except for the end that fits the bolt) dedicated only for removing the battery terminals. Tom |
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| Java2570 |
May 12 2014, 05:19 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 649 Joined: 7-May 11 From: Fishers, IN Member No.: 13,035 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
QUOTE(Tom @ May 12 2014, 06:52 PM)  Andy is so right, but there is more! Batteries store a lot of energy and can be very dangerous. Say you are removing the positive battery terminal with the negative hooked up still, and already have the bolt broken loose, but not quite loose enough. As you go to remove the wrench, it slips and moves over to contact ground. You now have the perfect storm. The wrench has about 400-500 amps running through it. Next you grab the wrench to remove it. It is welded and now you have a very serious burn to your hand. All of those amps have produced some serious heat! ALWAYS, ALWAYS remove the negative battery terminal first. I have witnessed this happening twice. Once the guy broke the wrench loose and saved the battery but received a nasty burn that took weeks to heal. Second time the wrench was welded so well to the chassis it could not be removed and the battery exploded. This was when I was a child and knew no better or I would have informed them to stop. I go even further. I have a special fully insulated wrench ( except for the end that fits the bolt) dedicated only for removing the battery terminals. Tom I had this happen when I owned my first Karmann Ghia.....just barely brushed the wrench across the terminals while loosening the positive side.....I've never dropped a wrench so damn fast! Ever since that, I always remove ground side first and almost always remove positive also. I also watched in horror as an idiot friend of mine spot welded his meter probes to a live 220 line that was hanging bare in a building we were working in.....he got really lucky that he didn't get fried! |
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rgolia Starter issues May 12 2014, 01:56 PM
SirAndy Did you forget to reattach the ground strap on the... May 12 2014, 01:58 PM rgolia nope that is still attached. I did not remove the... May 12 2014, 02:06 PM
SirAndy I only disconnected the positive side of the batt... May 12 2014, 02:10 PM rgolia I am full of bad ideas....the first one is thinkin... May 12 2014, 02:14 PM Tom RG,
Have someone else turn the key and measure... May 12 2014, 02:16 PM rgolia I did put in one of your fuse kits and I will do t... May 12 2014, 02:27 PM stugray
Why is that? That is the first Ive heard that.
I... May 12 2014, 02:50 PM SirAndy
Why is that? That is the first Ive heard that.
I ... May 12 2014, 03:12 PM Cap'n Krusty
Why is that? That is the first Ive heard that.
... May 12 2014, 06:30 PM toolguy If you are by yourself, remove the yellow lead at ... May 12 2014, 03:15 PM stugray I understood the safety aspect.
I just thought peo... May 12 2014, 05:27 PM stugray
I understand that.
I thought that it was being ... May 12 2014, 06:34 PM rgolia great info on disconnecting the battery..so neg fi... May 13 2014, 08:34 AM McMark Did you reconnect the yellow wire to the TOP of th... May 13 2014, 08:46 AM Kansas 914
Did you reconnect the yellow wire to the TOP of t... May 13 2014, 08:54 AM rgolia nope that is not it. Yellow wire connected to the... May 14 2014, 07:52 AM stugray If you short the big black wire (from the battery)... May 14 2014, 08:03 AM 76-914
If you short the big black wire (from the battery... May 14 2014, 08:19 AM rgolia so I connect one lead to the yellow wire and one t... May 14 2014, 10:37 AM r_towle
so I connect one lead to the yellow wire and one ... May 14 2014, 10:45 AM stugray
In the pic, the big black wire and the big red w... May 14 2014, 12:19 PM |
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