Made a huge mistake with battery - please help

Hello,

I will try to avoid unneccessary details. I removed the battery from my
1995 corolla and when I connected it back, I connected the wrong cables
to the wrong terminals. In my defense, both cables were taped black.
Now the car is completely dead. I did correct the connections, it is
still dead.

Someone with knowledge, please help.

Thank you

"arshadmomin" <arshadmomin@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1167840307.419474.70390@42g2000cwt.googlegroups.com...[color=blue]
> Hello,
>
> I will try to avoid unneccessary details. I removed the battery from my
> 1995 corolla and when I connected it back, I connected the wrong cables
> to the wrong terminals. In my defense, both cables were taped black.
> Now the car is completely dead. I did correct the connections, it is
> still dead.
>
> Someone with knowledge, please help.
>
> Thank you
>[/color]

I was just on the phone with my mechanic about another subject, and asked
him about this. He couldn't be specific with locations, but he said Toyota
uses fusible links to protect against such things. He said to first check
the fuse box (should be the one under the hood, not in the passenger
compartment). You're looking for something much larger than the plastic
rectangular fuses. And, there may also be another type - a short piece of
wire designed to melt. Go to this web page, where for just a little money,
you can buy a day's worth of access to factory service manuals online:

[url]http://www.techinfo.toyota.com/[/url]

Good luck.

"arshadmomin" <arshadmomin@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1167840307.419474.70390@42g2000cwt.googlegroups.com...[color=blue]
> Hello,
>
> I will try to avoid unneccessary details. I removed the battery from my
> 1995 corolla and when I connected it back, I connected the wrong cables
> to the wrong terminals. In my defense, both cables were taped black.
> Now the car is completely dead. I did correct the connections, it is
> still dead.
>
> Someone with knowledge, please help.
>
> Thank you
>[/color]

As JoeSpareBedroom said, the problem is most likely a fusible link. Besides
links in the fuse box under the hood, there may be one attached to the
positive battery cable. Replace them with the correct size and amperage and
you should be good to go.
--

Ray O
(correct punctuation to reply)

JoeSpareBedroom, 1/3/2007, 11:20:29 AM, <hJQmh.1$ai1.0@news01.roc.ny>
wrote:
[color=blue]
> "arshadmomin" <arshadmomin@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1167840307.419474.70390@42g2000cwt.googlegroups.com...[color=green]
> > Hello,
> >
> > I will try to avoid unneccessary details. I removed the battery
> > from my 1995 corolla and when I connected it back, I connected the
> > wrong cables to the wrong terminals. In my defense, both cables
> > were taped black. Now the car is completely dead. I did correct
> > the connections, it is still dead.
> >
> > Someone with knowledge, please help.
> >
> > Thank you
> >[/color]
>
> I was just on the phone with my mechanic about another subject, and
> asked him about this. He couldn't be specific with locations, but he
> said Toyota uses fusible links to protect against such things. He
> said to first check the fuse box (should be the one under the hood,
> not in the passenger compartment). You're looking for something much
> larger than the plastic rectangular fuses. And, there may also be
> another type - a short piece of wire designed to melt. Go to this web
> page, where for just a little money, you can buy a day's worth of
> access to factory service manuals online:
>
> [url]http://www.techinfo.toyota.com/[/url]
>
> Good luck.[/color]

I have also seen fusible links go bad in other vehicles for precisely
the same reason. The ones I have seen were older and resembled a wire
about two inches long if I remember correctly.