Changed battery, now she won't crank... (1 Viewer)

[Tuner]

I bought a new battery this morning, drove the beast home, changed the battery and now it turns over but will not fire. Is there a fusable link or something simple that causes this problem?

 

[Rich]

Connected to the battery positive terminal should be the main starter cable, and three fusible links. My might check each link seperately with a meter for continuity.

 

[canyoneer]

Disconnecting the battery itself doesn't screw anything up, right? I'm going to have to leave my '92 for an extended period, and I thought I'd get one of those disconnect switches -- or just disconnect the positive cable.

 

[Rich]

Shouldn't hurt a thing.

 

[dfmorse]

Turner;

The fuse links (3) are not really great IMHO and sometimes come from the factory in a mangled, twisted state. Sometimes one of them could be high resistance or broken. Leaving the battery disconnected won't hurt anything. FYI, the computer draws approx. 11.3ma in idle state.

I decided to fix my set up:

http://homepage.mac.com/dfmorse/BattProj2/page7.html

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[Tuner]

Thanks! From my boating experience,I've always thought battery posts should be lonely soldiers with a single wire to a protected buss. My problem turned out to be a chitty wiring job by the previous owner...obviously not a mud hater...everything is fine....for now.