I'm Asking this on behalf of my mate (honest :headvswal ) who has just taken delivery of a anew 1990 TT import.

 

Battery was flat/dead, after the trip so he put in his battery from his sx, but failed to notice the terminals are the opposite way.

 

So, he connected + ive to the - ive and so on.

 

Now car is dead, only main beam works. I assume (hope) that he's just blowna fuse or something,

 

Any suggestions what ? ? ? ?

To be honest it could have blown anything. The first step is to check all the fuses then go on from there.. hope its not too bad.

we had a guy do this on a merc, needed a new battery, alternator, ABS ECU, engine ECU, wiring harness etc etc.

 

check the main wiring feeds & earths 1st to see if theyve melted

check every single fuse and replace the blown ones. Then get on you knees and pray that it works

Oh dear......

 

any in particular? there's a main 75 amp one on the SX for the alterator, cant see such one on the Zed.

 

Dai

Slim black box adjacent to brake master cylinder on drivers side, pull off lid you find what looks like a fuse with a blue loop of wire sticking out, this is a thermal loop, this is the charge controlling cable split power to the ignition switch.

 

Jeff TT

cheers for that Jeff. will this have tripped like a household switch or what ??

 

thanks for the help.

 

Dai

Slim black box adjacent to brake master cylinder on drivers side, pull off lid you find what looks like a fuse with a blue loop of wire sticking out, this is a thermal loop, this is the charge controlling cable split power to the ignition switch.

 

Jeff TT

 

Just to solve, this was the correct diagnosis !! No other damage to car :dance:

 

Thanks for the help guys

 

Dai ;)

sounds like you blown th headlight fuse also its top line of fuses by accelerator peddle in the middle and its a 10 amp

also same box jeff tt was on about swap the ignition and abs fuses over ad see if that does anything, i blew that one too before

doh should read all posts before replying lol