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Car Forum / Honda Cars / August 2007

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86 honda and fusible link problem

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merrittr - 03 Aug 2007 08:41 GMT
This is an odd one. I have a 86 civic 1.5l that has sat for ~ 5 months
I went to add a battery and start it and while hooking up the battery
a 55amp
filliment fuse blew. I went and got more and tried:

-insert the fuse then connect neg on battery then pos on battery POOF!
blows
-insert the fuse then pos on pattery then connect neg on battery POOF!
blows
-insert the fuse disconnect the frame ground at the alternator
then pos on pattery then connect neg on battery POOF! blows

what is the procedure to attaching the battery? do I have a bad ground?
Joe LaVigne - 03 Aug 2007 08:51 GMT
> This is an odd one. I have a 86 civic 1.5l that has sat for ~ 5 months
> I went to add a battery and start it and while hooking up the battery
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> what is the procedure to attaching the battery? do I have a bad
> ground?

You would seem to have a short...

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Matt Ion - 03 Aug 2007 21:53 GMT
>> This is an odd one. I have a 86 civic 1.5l that has sat for ~ 5 months
>> I went to add a battery and start it and while hooking up the battery
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>
> You would seem to have a short...

It's easy to fix a short circuit... just make it longer!

But yeah, it's nothing to do with the connection order - my guess is the
main wire off fusible link is shorted to ground somewhere.
merrittr - 09 Aug 2007 00:00 GMT
That sucks, I am now in the process of checking the harness

> >> This is an odd one. I have a 86 civic 1.5l that has sat for ~ 5 months
> >> I went to add a battery and start it and while hooking up the battery
[quoted text clipped - 17 lines]
> But yeah, it's nothing to do with the connection order - my guess is the
> main wire off fusible link is shorted to ground somewhere.
 
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