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battery hooked up wrong....headlights fried?

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Old May 26, 2005 | 12:36 PM
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battery hooked up wrong....headlights fried?

My buddy connected the battery the wrong way for a second and then once we flipped it around and connected it properly the headlights got stuck up an wont go down.

Retractor fuse looks ok, and the cleaning switch is not on
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Old May 26, 2005 | 12:42 PM
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If you're lucky, that's all that fried.
Pull the cowl & switch.
It may be just a burned plug connector.

Does the engine still run?

Your "buddy" owes you for that one.
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Old May 26, 2005 | 12:48 PM
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Ya everything else seems to be perfectly fine...car drove all weekend perfectly fine.
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Old May 26, 2005 | 01:43 PM
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ouch.......who has hooked an old heliarc welder to a battery, thinking it was a battery charger???



Oh wait, that was me back in 1977! I was about 13.

Back to you KK.

The current was backwards. So if everything works then it works. The electrical system is on or its off. period. Find the short on your headlights and chaulk it up to experience. Your buddy will step up if he is in fact a buddy.
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Old May 26, 2005 | 05:27 PM
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Ya your lucky I know a guy who did a lot of damage doing that. Glad to hear thats all thats wrong.
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Old May 27, 2005 | 02:04 AM
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ya realy i just got a parts car and sma ethign happend the fuel relay is fried, the ecu si gone the main fuses are gone and thats as far as i got in to the problem so ya your kind of lucky, if you need any extra parts or any thing my part car is a s4 il all most give the parts away
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Old May 27, 2005 | 04:06 AM
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That sucks.
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Old May 27, 2005 | 05:56 AM
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When I installed my engine it happened twice, only the headlight switch got burned out.

So, check the headlight switch first.


Gil
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