 Relocated my Battery, Help me AHH |
 Apr 9, 2007 - 3:06 PM
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 Enthusiast  Joined Jul 8, '04 From Durham, NC Currently Offline Reputation: 6 (100%)  |
Hey guys,
I bought the summit racing kit to relocate my battery to my trunk (making way for the turbo). Anyway, I got it all finished up yesterday and I can turn the car on but when I try to crank or turn on the headlights the car just dies and power goes off. Then I can wait a few seconds and put the key back in and everything works again. I've got my battery charging right now to see if thats the problem. Maybe my battery can't handle having to go through the extra length of wiring that I added and can't supply a proper current? Any ideas? I have everything hooked up correctly. I'm grounded to the frame because my friend told me if I don't have a good ground I can run into all sorts of problems. Any help would be appreciated  .
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Apr 9, 2007 - 3:47 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Feb 28, '07 From Columbus, OH Currently Offline Reputation: 2 (100%) |
any pictorial walkthroughs will be much appreciated.
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Apr 9, 2007 - 4:01 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Nov 12, '02 From Baltimore, MD Currently Offline Reputation: 1 (100%) |
Check your cable splices, if you don't have the relocation cables spliced to the existing cables you could lose current.
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Apr 9, 2007 - 4:56 PM
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 Moderator Joined Oct 1, '02 From fall river, ma Currently Offline Reputation: 13 (100%) |
what size cable did the kit come with?
make sure all your connections are nice and clean, and secure. your friend is right about the grounds as well, they are VERY important. -------------------- Former Team 5SFTE pro member ;)
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Apr 9, 2007 - 5:31 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 8, '04 From Durham, NC Currently Offline Reputation: 6 (100%) |
The wiring is 2 gauge for both the power and ground. I guess I'll check where I spliced the cables together under the hood. I twisted them around each other then soldered and then I taped it.
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Apr 11, 2007 - 10:15 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined May 5, '05 From New-Brunswick Canada Currently Offline Reputation: 3 (100%) |
make sure you sand off the paint to have bare metal contact for your ground
also, make sure you didn't disturb the starter/engine ground while taking the old wires out. -------------------- ----------------------6GC's FIRST V6----------------------
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Apr 15, 2007 - 3:47 PM
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Enthusiast Joined Jul 8, '04 From Durham, NC Currently Offline Reputation: 6 (100%) |
Ahh I'm retarded. It's working fine after I charged the battery. Evidently after hooking the battery back up in the trunk, I left the hatch open so long that the lights drained the battery.
Thanks for the tips guys. -------------------- |
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Apr 15, 2007 - 3:51 PM
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 Enthusiast Joined Mar 27, '04 Currently Offline Reputation: 14 (100%) |
QUOTE(RbrtNdrws @ Apr 15, 2007 - 8:47 PM) [snapback]546967[/snapback] Ahh I'm retarded. It's working fine after I charged the battery. Evidently after hooking the battery back up in the trunk, I left the hatch open so long that the lights drained the battery. Thanks for the tips guys. So you missed the meet because of that?!?  j/kdo you have some pics of the engine bay / trunk? -------------------- ~Daniel~ No Longer Celica Owner.. moved on to a 03 WRX-EJ207
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