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Friend crossed battery on my sa22c

Old Dec 4, 2022 | 02:05 PM
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Friend crossed battery on my sa22c

Hi my friend crossed my battery terminals on my new to me SA22c and I have not owned the car long enough to know where to look. Car cranked fine before now it immediately blows a glass fuse under the steering wheel all the time. I replaced the fusible links near the strut tower I guess just looking for any other advice on what to replace to get the car cranking again.
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Old Dec 4, 2022 | 05:17 PM
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Disconnect the battery then take a multimeter and check each leg of that fuse holder to ground. The side that has zero ohms has a short. The next task is to physically check the wiring for that leg, Look for burnt wiring.
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Old Dec 14, 2022 | 05:44 AM
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As stated above, the wiring must be checked as what likely occurred is that wiring was melted together and is creating a short. When a short is present, you will blow the fuse related to that circuit. Which fuse is blowing and is your car a 79 or 80? I have the original wiring fiagrams and I can help by looking at the circuit that the fuse feeds power to and give you an idea of where to look.
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