hey guys its been a real long time since i have posted/replyed


i have been sorta kept up with work and my camaro

anyway

i was re wiring a switch in my car.

i was re tighting down the positive termal and the rachet slipped outta my hand and grounded itself against the strut tower

sparks and smoke everywhere and then the car wouldnt start.

i checked every fuse in the fuse box in the engine bay and in the interior


is there something else i should check?

i replace the ecu and still nothing.


any ideas?

thanks in advance

HELP TTT

did you pull the fuses or just look at them? when you turn the key on does anything happen or it just won't crank? do your lights work?

nothing works
its almost like i have a dead battery

but i dont.

i hooked a volt meter up to it and its fine.

i hooked a volt meter up to all of the fuses and there fine

where did the smoke come from?

the rachet that melted to my strut tower bolt

lol

DO you have power to the starter?

i'll get the volt meter on it before i leave to work

but if there isnt power to the starter wouldnt i still have interior and exterior lights?

check to make sure that all your wires are still in one piece that you didn't blow any of em.

I missed the part about no lights.

You have no power anywhere?

Is the ratchet still there?

+1 thats a fair question haha

Kinda just laughed a little.

the ratchet melted to the strut tower bolt. i got it off with a 2x4

all of the wires are still there an not melted

the starter has power

but there is no powerer anywhere else of the engine bay

no interior/exterior lights
and theres nothing when i go to turn the car on

i'm so confused by this
its drivin me insanee

and its most likely something small...and ****.

is there any fuses that arent in the fuse block that would pretain to this?

:laughing: wow you did it right!


try bypassing the ignition switch. There has to be a melted wire, blown fuse or burned up connection somewhere. Especially since it grounded so hard that the ratchet welded itself. I know you checked the fuses but there just has to be a burned up something somewhere.

try checking all the relays

I know im sounding repedative but it really sounds like one of you wires between your ignition and bat had it. double check the connections at the end of the wires and if there are any weak spots in em

how do you check a relay


arent they just big black boxes with 4 prongs?

take it out and check with a volt meter I would suppose.