1992 Dodge Dynasty Battery???

1992 DODGE DYNASTY
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1992 Dodge Dynasty 6 cyl Front Wheel Drive Automatic 43k miles
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I have a 92 dodge dynasty with 43k original miles. Replaced the starter and when re-connectiong the battery negative went on first, while installing positve cable I got sparks which heated the connecter on the positive cable and scored the positve battery termina. Now no power?? What did I do?l
Jun 22, 2008 at 2:19 AM
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JACOBANDNICKOLAS
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Hi:
You need to retrace the wiring you worked on. Something has shorted. Please be careful around the battery. Sparks could cause it to explode.

Let me know what you find.

Joe
Oct 24, 2008 at 3:50 PM
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