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Oct 2, 2009 | 08:30 PM

Dolinmyster

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Clicking Noise

Ok, So here's whats up. I have a '88 Ranger that sat for two weeks and the battery went completely dead. I hooked up the jumper cables to jump it. I hooked them up Backwards though. Not sure how long, but something by my battery started to smoke a bit. That's what made me realize. I turned it around and waited a few minutes. It wouldn't start. Sounded like an issue that my bud had once with his Ranger where it made a loud clicking noise and that was it. I just figured the batter needed more of a charge. I let it sit, and tried again. Still nothing, the lights would all flicker but nothing, then after trying again she fired right up. I noticed at that time that the light on my dash and my radio light were all flickering to the sound of my engine. I just figured that it would go away after my battery was charged. So i drove it home without any issues other then when i would come to a light everything would flicker worse then when i was driving. I drove it around for about an half an hour and it kept doing it. So i went home and shut her off and was curious if it would start back up. and nothing. Just a loud clicking noise from the right side of the truck. Is this a solenoid issue? Or did i maybe fry something worse? Any help would be really nice.

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~Brett

Oct 3, 2009 | 07:38 PM

mfp4073

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reversing the polarity can easily fry computer and other small electronics. and that stuff is hard to diagnose and expensive to replace. I did the same thing on my old 88 mx 6. But in my case i fried the computer and it was dead as can be. Had to buy a used computer for it.

Oct 3, 2009 | 08:08 PM

g_k50

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Is it a clicking noise like a tapping or is it a clicking noise like a thunking?