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Did I fry my starter?!!


Danny_Beaudoin
06-23-2004, 05:38 PM
Can intalling a battery the wrong side totally kill a starter? When I try to start my truck, I just hear fast clicks from my starter.

Well, actually, what I really did is to try to jumpstart my almost dead battery with an other but I wired it the wrong side (+ to -...) and saw huge sparks, then I disconnected all that and there it was, a probably fried starter.

Am I right (about the starter being dead) or is it just a fuse or anything?

If I remember, this already happened to me but by just putting a battery the wrong side.

MagicRat
06-23-2004, 08:19 PM
Likely your starter is fine. The clicking is due to low power to the starter itself. You may have discharged the battery, or fried the battery, or fried a battery wire. Sometimes there is a fusable link that might have blown.
My advice is to charge the battery and try again, or try another battery you know is good.

Danny_Beaudoin
06-23-2004, 08:47 PM
Wow, what a relief, it's fine. As you said, it only was my battery!
But I still have the problem I had before draining my battery trying to start my vehicle: it just stopped and never started again (I have no clue what the problem is, I check that "safety shut-off switch" that cuts off the gas to the motor when you hit something (I was riding in a field, it could have triggered it) but it was fine. (by the way, it's a ford f-150 1990)
When I try to start it, I smell gas. Could it be that it's drown?
I doubt it could be a mecanical problem.
Anyway, thanks a lot!!

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