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    Default Vp smoke n melted wires??

    Hey guys I just brought my self a vp factory 5 speed n when I tried to jump start it I melted the earth wire from tha battery to the side of the engine bay near the headlight, is there any reason why that would of happened?? I'm 2 scared todo it again
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    i would guess you put the positive on the negative and negative on the positive, e.g jumper cables backwards...

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    Na all was done right, it only started to smoke when it actually started
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    Most car have a skinny black wire going to the body and a fat black wire going to the engine block.
    My guess is the fat wire is not making a real good connection to the block so all the current goes through the skinny wire, so it ends up smoking.

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    yep a crappy earth will do that check your earths. I had the same problem i just got some 4g amp wires and made a new earth on the body and havent had a problem since.
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