Alternator/battery shorting out?!

[boostin94]

My battery died so i called NRMA to jump start me and they came and said my alternator was shot, so i pulled it off and noticed the power cables behind it was so badly burned it couldn't of been doing anything! so i got a new connection and soldered it on and put the car all back together, went to connect the battery and it started shorting out and smoke started coming out of the alternator.. was qutie scary! any help would be loved! have no idea what happened?

Thanks scott

 

[BlackVXGTS]

Battery or alternator connections back-to-front?

 

[boostin94]

Nah positive to positive and negative to negative on battery. Alternator was defiantly hooked up right. HEEEEELP!!

 

[delcowizzid]

the big post the red wire bolts on has a bakerlite insulator on it is it in broken and shorting

 

[boostin94]

is that like a rubber thing?!