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My son asked me if he could use my 1996 Ford F150 XLT truck the other day. I told him he’d have to first put the battery in as I had taken it out to charge up. When he placed the battery in the truck, he inadvertently put it in the wrong way thus connecting the cables to the wrong posts. I was working outside on another vehicle and heard a loud pop. When I went over to see what had happened, I found the wire going from the solenoid to the alternator had been completely fried. I’m just wondering how much damage to my vehicle I can expect to find once I start working on it. I’m hoping that its just the solenoid and alternator that will need to be replaced but if the damage is too extensive, it may not be worth repairing the thing. Does anyone have an idea what components might have been damaged? Thanks in advance for your help.
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If you are lucky, it could just be the fuseable link wiring that ran from the alternator to the battery. (At least, if this happened to my truck, that is what I would check for first.
Check all your fuses and fusible links as suggested.
http://www.ericthecarguy.com/faq/solving-automotive-electrical-problems
http://www.ericthecarguy.com/faq/solving-automotive-no-start-problems
Thanks for the advice, I checked for fusible links along the cable going from the starter solenoid to the alternator and found none. I also checked my fuses and found non that were blown, so I repaired the blown out wire and tried starting the truck. It started fine! Looks like I missed the bullet with this one. These Ford F150’s are pretty tough. Thanks again for your attention to this problem.
[quote=”golver” post=140427]Thanks for the advice, I checked for fusible links along the cable going from the starter solenoid to the alternator and found none. I also checked my fuses and found non that were blown, so I repaired the blown out wire and tried starting the truck. It started fine! Looks like I missed the bullet with this one. These Ford F150’s are pretty tough. Thanks again for your attention to this problem.[/quote]
Glad you got it and thanks for the update and fix.
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