Good & Bad

[voguev8]

Hi

Started off good yesterday, changed the drop link (Had to cut off in the end), but now no more knocking.

Changed the air filter, and replaced the battery.

Getting dark by then and I put the battery terminals on the wrong way!!!!!.

Lots of sparks and plenty of heat....(Black & Green terminals confused me in the half light)

Thought I had wrecked the car. But after putting the terminals on correctly, all seems ok. Checked everything and all still works and no warning lights so may

have been lucky...

[Johndouglas]

have been lucky...

 

You certainly have

[THOMASROBLOT]

you have been very lucky

because generally the diode on alternator breakdown( do have use correctly the word break down?)

but did you check the tension from it?

be careful the light on the dashboard goes on after a very long trip if the alternator don't work.

so check it.... it mus be above 13,7V at 2500rpm.

 

by

[coastline taxis]

Spray the black terminal red or put a + on it and we had one in just the other month that had done exactly the same thing so your not alone

[paul.h]

Once jump starting the C5 from a C3 I got the jump leads the wrong way at one end and got away with it since the leads melted. Now I have painted white + and - on the batteries. Later C5s have red plus connectors but our C3 has black.

[MikeLane]

I reckon the C3 was lucky as well!