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: No power, need some help.


72silverchevelle
Feb 22nd, 07, 12:08 AM
I'll start from the begining. A few weeks ago I went to start up the Chevelle and the battery was dead. so I took the battery, charged it and put it back in. When I put the positive cable back on, as soon as it touched the terminal, it started sparking, by the time I got back to it to take it off the starter had spaked and smoked all over the place. I figured it had blown, so I replaced it went to start the car, it ran then died, so I figured it could be the alternator, I replaced it as it needed a new one anyway. Charged the battery and it ran, then died again. Turned out I had pulled to positive cable away from its aip tie and it was now on the header, partly burnt through, 80% of it was still there. Now the car has no power at all when I turn the ignition on. Could I have blown the starter again? I figured I would ask for help before trying anything again.