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Smoking battery!

Paul fields

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i recently had to replace the belt tensioner, I don’t know what the hell ive done, but when I went to reconnect the battery, it started to smoke, obviously shorting, but it’s got me stumped! Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
 

krusing

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Don’t lite a cigarette!
 

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Sounds like you May have crushed a cable or similar.
 

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Well it has to be your alternator its the only thing you removed, so either you put the wires wrong or you left the wire off..
 
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