i really hate electrical

by coreys73chevelle on Mon Mar 29, 2010 3:34 pm

hooked up all the battery cables. Put negitive cable to neg battery post and the positive cable to starter with grounds in original places and when i hook up positive to the battery i get a spark shower.

i just went through the entire car top to bottom and there were only a few bare wires so i wrapped them really good in electrical tape and still got sparks.

headers are not touching the starter and battery is good.

could it just be my battery cables are bad?

by lagunainnewark on Mon Mar 29, 2010 7:16 pm

When disconnecting the battery, neg first+pos last. When connecting pos first, neg last. Is the key off? Are all major loads off? The order is very important on newer cars. Good luck, Ron

by coreys73chevelle on Tue Mar 30, 2010 2:20 pm

nope still sparks no matter what way i put them on, key is off. all acc. off also.

by ant7377 on Tue Mar 30, 2010 3:40 pm

Something has to be on or touching .Maybe the starter solenoid is stuck .This happened to me once too, I think I had something touching there.

by coreys73chevelle on Tue Mar 30, 2010 7:23 pm

well either somethings wrong with the starter or its my horn button wire witch got ripped out accedently and part of it is still in there. of course thats probobly it as its impossible to get to without special tools FML

by billy-ray on Wed Mar 31, 2010 3:53 pm

just pull the fuse. also i saw a mercedes with a similar problem ended up being a bad battery

by 1973 454 MONTE on Wed Mar 31, 2010 4:14 pm

coreys73chevelle wrote:well either somethings wrong with the starter or its my horn button wire witch got ripped out accedently and part of it is still in there. of course thats probobly it as its impossible to get to without special tools FML

disconnect the horn or horn relay and see if that helps.

by coreys73chevelle on Wed Mar 31, 2010 5:30 pm

1973 454 MONTE wrote:
coreys73chevelle wrote:well either somethings wrong with the starter or its my horn button wire witch got ripped out accedently and part of it is still in there. of course thats probobly it as its impossible to get to without special tools FML

disconnect the horn or horn relay and see if that helps.

i did and it still does it

by coreys73chevelle on Wed Mar 31, 2010 6:39 pm

battery reads 12.39 volts from neg terminal to pos terminal-
battery to negitive ground on original place is 12.39 volts-
negitive battery terminal to engine block 12.39 volts-

negitive terminal to positive cable is nothing so is the positive cable bad?

by 1973 454 MONTE on Wed Mar 31, 2010 6:43 pm

coreys73chevelle wrote:
1973 454 MONTE wrote:
coreys73chevelle wrote:well either somethings wrong with the starter or its my horn button wire witch got ripped out accedently and part of it is still in there. of course thats probobly it as its impossible to get to without special tools FML

disconnect the horn or horn relay and see if that helps.

diagram???

Black wire goes to the fuse block through to the horn on steering wheel.
Green goes through front harness to the horn.

by coreys73chevelle on Wed Mar 31, 2010 6:46 pm

yep it looks just like that and it sparks, even iff i disconnect all those and wrap the ends in electrical tape it still sparks.

by coreys73chevelle on Fri Apr 09, 2010 1:46 pm

can someone please post a picture of the STARTER? i know it has to be hooked up wrong, just need a picture showing where the connections all hook up.

by Limey SE on Fri Apr 09, 2010 2:58 pm

Corey I can of the olds ?? will it be the same or not ??

by coreys73chevelle on Fri Apr 09, 2010 3:04 pm

DISREGARD IT LIMEY but Thanks ya anyways...i Hooked up the positive cable properly now there isnt any problem.

by coreys73chevelle on Fri Apr 09, 2010 3:08 pm

Now i just printed out the Wiring diagram you put up from the 74 and ill get what i can on the wiring and cut the plug wires to fit. then i only need to get coolant! lol

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