|
| Search | Car Forums | Gallery | Articles | Helper | Air Dried Fresh Beef Dog Food | IgorSushko.com | Corporate |
|
|||||||
| '88 - '91 Civic | CRX | Wagon | Shuttlee Partnership with: LadyNRedSi.com |
 |
 Show Printable Version | 
Subscribe to this Thread
|
|
|
Thread Tools |
|
#1
02-13-2004, 10:23 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Negative Battery Terminal Spark?
Hi,
Got my D16A6 engine in my car for the first time. So i go to connect the negative battery terminal and it just sparks real bad. I dont wanna try to tighten it cause im afraid ill get shocked. Could I have left something out? I just put a new fuse panel in. Thanks
__________________
1990 Honda Civic LX 5 Speed 1.5 Liter SOHC K&N Cone Filter APC Short Shifter 1988 Honda Civic STD Hatch 
|
|
#2
02-13-2004, 10:32 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: Negative Battery Terminal Spark?
does it keep sparking or does it stop??? Cause if it only sparks for like a sec just put it on real quick and itll be fine!
|
|
#3
02-13-2004, 10:35 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: Negative Battery Terminal Spark?
keeps sparking
__________________
1990 Honda Civic LX 5 Speed 1.5 Liter SOHC K&N Cone Filter APC Short Shifter 1988 Honda Civic STD Hatch
|
|
#4
02-13-2004, 10:41 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: Negative Battery Terminal Spark?
to what? between the battery and wire is okay, you can not get shocked by 12V. The more stuff running (headlights, radio, etc..) the more it will spark as you hook it up.
__________________
i have a 91 Civic DX with 3x as much money in it as what i paid for it i wish it was fast here is my website http://www.geocities.com/krustindumm/index.htm
|
|
#5
02-13-2004, 10:51 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: Negative Battery Terminal Spark?
if you hook it up and its sparkin like crazy....then your polarity is reversed in the battery, or you have a positive wire possibly grounding out.....I'd re check the electrical system.
__________________
89 DX: LS Powered 88 CX: Project ZC
|
|
#6
02-14-2004, 12:37 AM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: Negative Battery Terminal Spark?
I tried again and connected it to the negative terminal. It sparks real crazy then stopped sparking once it was on there. then it even started to melt the battery termnial. I quickly took it off.
Ill try and recheck the postive wires tommorow morning. If anyone else knows what might cause this problem please let me know. Thanks
__________________
1990 Honda Civic LX 5 Speed 1.5 Liter SOHC K&N Cone Filter APC Short Shifter 1988 Honda Civic STD Hatch
|
|
#7
02-14-2004, 01:13 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: Negative Battery Terminal Spark?
Alright I double checked the wiring and it looks fine.
I tried puttin the negative terminal on first, then I put the positve terminal on. It stopped sparking and looked like it would work. But I went to turn the key on and there is absolutely no power. Could the battery have lost all its power just for sitting for 2-3 weeks? Thanks
__________________
1990 Honda Civic LX 5 Speed 1.5 Liter SOHC K&N Cone Filter APC Short Shifter 1988 Honda Civic STD Hatch
|
|
#8
02-14-2004, 01:59 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: Negative Battery Terminal Spark?
sounds like you have a moajor short, vet a voltmeter and start looking.
__________________
i have a 91 Civic DX with 3x as much money in it as what i paid for it i wish it was fast here is my website http://www.geocities.com/krustindumm/index.htm
|
|
#9
02-14-2004, 03:43 PM
|
||||
|
||||
|
Re: Negative Battery Terminal Spark?
Found the short, thanks guys for your help.
__________________
1990 Honda Civic LX 5 Speed 1.5 Liter SOHC K&N Cone Filter APC Short Shifter 1988 Honda Civic STD Hatch
|
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|
POST REPLY TO THIS THREAD |
 |
|
|
