Re: 83 spider electrics - reversed battery - help!

["Gregory S. Youngblood" <greg@domain.elided>]

First place I'd look would be the fusable link, assuming the
car has one. If that blew, you won't get much (if any) juice from the
battery to anything in the car. They are usually near the battery.


On Mon, 1 Apr 2002, Jan Ben wrote:

> Hi all,
> as I was showing my cousin's car to a prospective buyer,  the helpful
> buyer reversed the polarity on the battery while I was taking out the
> old battery. one small spark and something is very dead.
> No electric anywhere - no lights, no horn, nothing.  So some relay
> possibly blew?  starter switch? what could it be?
> I didn't turn the switch so (I am HOPING) the Bosch box and the
> alternater diodes are OK...  I have the factory book for my ex '88, but
> it's probably very different, or at least I can't imagine what blew
> looking at the '88 schematics :).
> So if you have a hint on where to look for the relay or if you have the
> schematics, plse email me.
> TIA,
> Jan in NJ
>
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