86 honda and fusible link problem

Aug 03, 2007 3 Replies

This is an odd one. I have a 86 civic 1.5l that has sat for ~ 5 months I went to add a battery and start it and while hooking up the battery a 55amp filliment fuse blew. I went and got more and tried:


-insert the fuse then connect neg on battery then pos on battery POOF! blows



-insert the fuse then pos on pattery then connect neg on battery POOF! blows



-insert the fuse disconnect the frame ground at the alternator then pos on pattery then connect neg on battery POOF! blows



what is the procedure to attaching the battery? do I have a bad ground?



You would seem to have a short...

It's easy to fix a short circuit... just make it longer!

But yeah, it's nothing to do with the connection order - my guess is the main wire off fusible link is shorted to ground somewhere.

That sucks, I am now in the process of checking the harness

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