What have you done to your car today?
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- dodgeboy95
hi i just need anyones help right now.
i bought i new battery for my 87 toyota mr2 and forgot which side the + and - are supposed to go.So it made sparks and none of the lights or anything is turning on.
could anyone let me know if it could be the electrical system is blown.
i need serious advise
thanks
i bought i new battery for my 87 toyota mr2 and forgot which side the + and - are supposed to go.So it made sparks and none of the lights or anything is turning on.
could anyone let me know if it could be the electrical system is blown.
i need serious advise
thanks
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Call an auto sparky. I'm sorry but if you forgot which side the + and - go to then I'm afraid if you try to do anything else you may make things worse... Have you disconnected the battery?
Keef
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Lower it.
I've never seen a battery that isn't marked. If the cables themselves have confused you, it's easy to tell which is which because the negative cable probably grounds itself to the chassis nearly, whereas the positive cable splits off to the starter and just about everywhere else.
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Keef
It's low enough for me..
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Do it anyway.
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Perfect Balance
Why? So I can get even more pissed off when I encounter a speed bump? I like it the height it is, functional but still low.
Eric.
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The cable on the right (red) is the positive.
Also, I demand pics! (from a fellow 87 MR2 owner)
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Master fuse is blown. It's a big-girl, usually 120+ amp, and will be located in the main fuse/relay panel under the hood. Follow the red (12v+) line from the battery that doesn't go towards the engine and you'll find the fuse. All modern-ish cars have this in event of a collision.
If this fuse has been blown before and bypassed or simply replaced with a wire of some sort, you're screwed as is all the important electrical bits in the car.
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What do you mean by "even more pissed off"?
I'm not seriously suggesting the car needs to be lowered, I was just playing along with what Keef was saying, but it looks like it could clear curbs at the current height, speed bumps shouldn't be any kind of problem.
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Just a nice fresh wash.
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Perfect Balance
They are, believe me. Especially with a passenger.
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How much actual ground clearance do you have? In the pictures it looks like a good 4-5 inches.
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Haven't measured. I'll check it out when I get home.
The new rims will have raised it a tad from what it was with the standard wheels and I haven't driven it further than about 100m with the new rims on before I got guard rub and called it a day so I haven't experienced speed bumps in it's current set up.
The new rims will have raised it a tad from what it was with the standard wheels and I haven't driven it further than about 100m with the new rims on before I got guard rub and called it a day so I haven't experienced speed bumps in it's current set up.
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Mounted my extinguisher. More pics in my thread.
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Nope. Just a safety feature.
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Mounted my extinguisher. More pics in my thread.
I keep meaning to do that to qualify for the Hillclimbs... but I think the missus would notice that big red thing under her feet... the regs require an extra large extinguisher if you don't have an in-bay system... which is kind of overkill for street-class... you carry the extinguisher so you can safely exit, not so you can put out forest fires!
Personally, I would like to mount it vertically in the passenger footwell... sort of a quick draw position that you can reach without unbuckling your belts.
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Mounted my extinguisher. More pics in my thread.
I have one of these too. Every time I give someone a ride they look a bit scared when they see it. I don't understand why. It's a safety feature!
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