Freaking Out Need Help Bad!!
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Freaking Out Need Help Bad!!
I have a 1977 F150 and I was putting a cd player in it today with a friend and we got everything hooked up right and wired and as I was putting it back in the dash I hadn't realized I had reconnected the battery terminal and the a/c controls arced out and it killed my truck! First things I did was check fuses and none of them blew. I get nothing now when i turn the key, everything is dead and I have no idea what happened, I put it on a battery charger and it didn't do anything. I am begging for any help, I depend on my truck a lot and it's down at the moment due to my own mistake.
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X2. I gaaaruuntyyyy you blew that one. Fortunately there cheap. About 4 bucks at Auto Zone. Make sure you use the right gauge and do not shorten it.
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How do I replace it? I am no good at sodering and I don't see any other way to put a new one in except running a new fusible link. By the way thank you guys for your help. I am just trying to figure out how the best way to replace this.
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From: THIS IS SPARTA!, ...Mo.
Use a solderless butt connector. You'll need a blue one. (different colors for different gauges of wire.) Strip both ends and crimp the connectors on. East to do. Even the parts store guy should be able to walk you through it.
Lol, you beat me to it, GFW.
Lol, you beat me to it, GFW.
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Just did this link on my truck. It was $2 at Advance Auto and came with a butt connector already crimped to the new end. Just clip your fusible link, strip the end and crimp to the new link. Make sure your battery is disconnected before you do this.
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Thank you guys so much, I really lucked out this time and the top of the link wire burnt before it got the fuse it's self. Just wanted to reply for documentation's sake as I believe in keeping information in tact for people who have this problem in the future. I just bought a new connector, crimped it down and wallah!! Truck runs again!! On a side note my dome light started working again? So i ended up killing two birds in one stone because I had been meaning to fix that : ).
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