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Old Dec 14, 2010 | 02:49 PM
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Default Jeep is frying batteries...help!

ok so i was changing the plugs out and the ratchet hit the +pos side of the battery lead. i went to start it up and nothing at all worked. checked every fuse and relay and nothing was fried. put my spare battery in and started right up. so i went later to go drop off the other battery at the autoparts store and it wouldnt sart up. so i popped the hood and tried again and i saw an arc come from the +pos side of the lead and itstill didnt start. nothing works now and im bck at square one. what should i do
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Old Dec 14, 2010 | 03:09 PM
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not you battery. Check the ground wire.
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Old Dec 14, 2010 | 03:19 PM
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loose connections at battery or worn out
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Old Dec 15, 2010 | 01:19 PM
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ok so it seems my ground is good and so are my connections. i put in an optima and still no start. bells and lights stay on momentarily but when i turn the key it clicks and everything shuts off. could it be my altenator? or maybe the leads or wires
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Old Dec 15, 2010 | 01:44 PM
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Do you have fuel pressure and spark?
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Old Dec 15, 2010 | 04:19 PM
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mine did the same thing i had to change out my connecters on the end of the cables that connect to the battery
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Old Dec 17, 2010 | 01:36 PM
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thanks you guys. come to find out it was the battery. they were all three dead. weird haha
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