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blueninja66
28-07-2007, 17:05
shorted my battery whilst fannying around removing the bloody thing. sparks flew and now the car wont start!

the engine management light dont come on but it does turn over

why do i have to fuck about so much?

please help guys, is it a fuse? where do i have to look?
blueninja66
28-07-2007, 17:56
they all look ok, in the engine bay box. could it be one of those relay ones? those are the biggish ones right?

been told it could be a fusible link? how do i check for this?
Paul Woods
28-07-2007, 18:05
check out fuse AM2 in the front compartment too.
blueninja66
28-07-2007, 18:15
wiil go n look now........is AM2 a big one lol
blueninja66
28-07-2007, 18:47
erm i dont have an AM2. am i looking in the wrong place?
just phoned an auto-electrician and its a £75 call-out fee followed by £45 an hour!

thats one expensive slip of a spanner!
blueninja66
28-07-2007, 19:57
fooked the electrician off, re-connected all the dis-connected wires and it starts! didnt think the puny old alarm could cause this much hassle
Paff
28-07-2007, 20:07
Yep Alarms can be fun innit.

Halfway through removing my old one now ready to fit the new one, next wires cut will render the car useless until I get the new alarm completly finished
blueninja66
28-07-2007, 20:33
Yep Alarms can be fun innit.

Halfway through removing my old one now ready to fit the new one, next wires cut will render the car useless until I get the new alarm completly finished

its a good thing i kept checking to be honest cuz i was gettin quite good with them wire cutters lol.

i was kinda enjoying it!
millentubby
28-07-2007, 20:49
AM2 is the 7.5amp fuse in the engine-bay fuse box. If that ones dead then the starter wont even turn over.

Is yours turning over, right?

Are you getting power to the car at all?
blueninja66
28-07-2007, 21:38
i was getting everything apart from the management light on the dash, imagine a damp start.........it was just like that. everything good to go but it wouldnt bite.
re-connected now as i was beginning to SHIT myself at the thought of an extortionate bill from the leccy guy.
still puzzling me though, as i want to get rid of it. i mean, come on, how crap will it look with 2 alarms under the lid.
one shiney new one, one lookin all dodgy half hanging off in a mess of tangled wires lol
Paul Woods
29-07-2007, 15:54
theres an small am2 in the engine bay fusebox and a large am2 in the frunk
Sponge Bob
29-07-2007, 19:49
I did exactly the same thing mate...

I fixed it by reconnecting the battery earth to the body - it worked fine after that!!