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Old 05-07-2007, 07:14 PM
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after fryin a battery I got it replaced by a friend that had a spare layin around...and he gave me the advice of unhooking the battery before I do anything electrical. . . so I did that exact thing. I unhooked the Neg. terminal of the battery. . . un hooked 2 speakers from my deck. . .hook the battery back up...tried to start the car....no go..

I see the battery gauge is below half...what do I do? or what did I do?
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Old 05-07-2007, 07:18 PM
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are you able to jump start the car
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Old 05-07-2007, 08:36 PM
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Hi Chris, welcome to Mustang Forums!

The first thing I would do would be to throw a volt meter on the battery to see if it needs a charge. Next step would be to either jump it and let the car's charging system charge it up, or hook it up to a battery charger and let it sit overnight.
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Old 05-07-2007, 08:56 PM
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yeah that's what I was thinking I just don't know what happened ..it's weird.
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Old 05-08-2007, 09:21 AM
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All battery terminals should be tite and bright.
That means using the terminal cleaner brush on both
and the posts.
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Old 05-08-2007, 11:02 AM
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got it! gave er a shot of gas and she started right up...
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