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1996 Chevy Corsica crossed a wire by accident

Tiny
DEMILIO
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  • 1996 CHEVROLET CORSICA
  • 6 CYL
  • FWD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 260,589 MILES
I was working on the alternator and the battery cable fell back into place, when this happend there was a spark on the alternator and a puff of smoke from the front end , now it will start but the battery light is on, what happend do you think? Thanks
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Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008 AT 10:38 PM

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Tiny
MHPAUTOS
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Hi there,

check charge system fuses and fusible link, if ok have generator tested for a fault.

Mark (mhpautos)
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Thursday, January 3rd, 2008 AT 6:19 AM
Tiny
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Thanks for the help mark, I have been playing around and found one burnt wire to the silinoid, replaced it and the battery charges, but the utilites still will not work, I am having a little trouble finding the fuseable link.
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Thursday, January 3rd, 2008 AT 11:53 AM

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