Stupid Mistake! I need some help!
Posted: February 22nd, 2012, 11:26 am
This might crack you up.
Last year my 94 ZJ would not start. I thought I might of left the lights on so I went to jump it. It was night, I was in my drive way and it was during a snow storm. I could not see that well and I was in a hurry. I made a stupid mistake and hooked up the jumper cables wrong. (negative to positive and positive to negative )
When I did it nothing unusual happened and when I went to start it all the electrical equipment starting going crazy. I had no clue what was going on until I looked and saw a little smoke coming from the battery and a burnt smell. I immeditly corrected my stupid mistake and obviously my ZJ still would not start. I burnt out the 2 altanotar fuses.
i replaced them and my Jeep started right up. But, since then my CD Player (after market JVC) and my temp gauge does not work. I checked all other fuses and no other ones blew. I pulled the radio out and all wires look fine and the fuse on the radio was not blown.
What should I check next?
I have a another CD player I could put in there nut its a Pioneer. I never installed a radio. Do I just need a Pioneer wire harness and a mounting unit? If the pioneer works then i know I fried something in my JVC. But what is causing the temp gauge not to work?
If the Pioneer wont work either then what do I do?
Thanks for your time and input.
Last year my 94 ZJ would not start. I thought I might of left the lights on so I went to jump it. It was night, I was in my drive way and it was during a snow storm. I could not see that well and I was in a hurry. I made a stupid mistake and hooked up the jumper cables wrong. (negative to positive and positive to negative )
When I did it nothing unusual happened and when I went to start it all the electrical equipment starting going crazy. I had no clue what was going on until I looked and saw a little smoke coming from the battery and a burnt smell. I immeditly corrected my stupid mistake and obviously my ZJ still would not start. I burnt out the 2 altanotar fuses.
i replaced them and my Jeep started right up. But, since then my CD Player (after market JVC) and my temp gauge does not work. I checked all other fuses and no other ones blew. I pulled the radio out and all wires look fine and the fuse on the radio was not blown.
What should I check next?
I have a another CD player I could put in there nut its a Pioneer. I never installed a radio. Do I just need a Pioneer wire harness and a mounting unit? If the pioneer works then i know I fried something in my JVC. But what is causing the temp gauge not to work?
If the Pioneer wont work either then what do I do?
Thanks for your time and input.