[gozilla]

If anyone out there knows what my problem is... You get props. I'm lost.

I just replaced a bad alternator. The procedure was short enough, I can tell you everything I did. Unplugged battery(seemed to be fully charged), disconnected cables from alternator, switched alternators, reconnected cables, and reconnected battery...

That's where things went wrong.

Of course, I connected positive, then negative.

Positive cable... nothing happens.

Negative cable... big sparks and car keeps trying to start!(it never does, just keeps turning until I disconnect cable.)

I'll add that the battery seemed to be fully charged still.

One more thing... I disconnected the wire between the alternator and starter from both the alternator and starter(long story.) However, I'm sure that I connected it back to the starter just as I took it off.

I double checked that everything was just as it was with the old alternator.

Has anyone heard of anything like this???

Any ideas of things I can check for???

Any help would be appreciated.