I parked my car for the winter as a good canadian should do with his fd. And of course i disconnected the battery back in november. When i recently tried to start it to lubricate the seals when connecting the battery back up there was crazy sparks at both terminals and started melting the positive terminal. now obviously i am thinking its not grounded properly, but something confused me about the connecting wires. i can't remember when i took it off there being a (what seems like a ground for the positive terminal). Just wondering if anyone has any suggestions, because i need to start my carand its far away so i don't get to it too often. there is the main attachments for both terminals and then two grounding connections as well, should both of those go on the negative terminal? or am i hooking it up right and its something else?

any help on this would be greatly appreciated since i am heading down on the weekend to try and get her running.

thanks

 

The battery cables should be pretty simple: the cable with the fuse box will connect to the (+) terminal, and the cable that attaches to the chassis near the wheel should attach to the (-) terminal.

This pic shows the cables attached properly:




Now, if you've hooked the battery up backwards, it's VERY likely that you blew some fuses and possibly fried some stuff. So check all your fuses before trying to connect everything again.


For future reference, all you need to do is disconnect the negative terminal to keep from draining the battery.

Good luck,
-s-

 

^^^ good info

 

no i definately didn't hook up battery to wrong ends. and if we are going by that pic, my car has two more cables that attach to the battery, one for the negative and one for the positive it seems, on top of those two main ones shown in the diagram. And i had to disconnect my battery completely and store it inside because it will freeze otherwise, not a heated garage. i did however probably fry a fuse or two. i just can't figure out why there are two extra cables, and what the **** they should be attached to?