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dyna mo · 07-26-2015, 04:42 PM

so i disconnected the neg terminal on the battery and moved the cable but i guess the tension on the cable snapped it back to position where it was still touching the battery post when i was wrenching on the connection on the alternator side of that cable.

well as i was ratcheting off the connector, the back of my ratchet touched the valve cover and kablam huge spark and the ratchet instantly heated up and i couldn't touch it. any way, i quickly moved the cable out of the way again, installed the new alternator, now the headlights don't work. so i fried something. it burned a notch into my ratchet!

so far it appears that all other electrical works, parking lights, turn signals, brake lights, reverse lights, horn, radio, windows. so i'm figuring it's the headlight switch on the dash, it's my understanding there is no fuse in line for headlights but there is a headlight relay????? maybe it's the relay???

input needed.

07-26-2015, 04:42 PM
dyna mo The People's Post Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: invisible 7-11 Posts: 64,779	GFY mechanics: i changed an alternator out, now the headlights don't work. so i disconnected the neg terminal on the battery and moved the cable but i guess the tension on the cable snapped it back to position where it was still touching the battery post when i was wrenching on the connection on the alternator side of that cable. well as i was ratcheting off the connector, the back of my ratchet touched the valve cover and kablam huge spark and the ratchet instantly heated up and i couldn't touch it. any way, i quickly moved the cable out of the way again, installed the new alternator, now the headlights don't work. so i fried something. it burned a notch into my ratchet! so far it appears that all other electrical works, parking lights, turn signals, brake lights, reverse lights, horn, radio, windows. so i'm figuring it's the headlight switch on the dash, it's my understanding there is no fuse in line for headlights but there is a headlight relay????? maybe it's the relay??? input needed.