Crossed Battery Terminals

[swilly01]

hello,

My brother has an old gxe r30 or something skyline. His battery was dead so his neighbour connected a battry charger to the battery while still connected to the car, but the idiot crossed the terminals. There was a puff of smoke.

Now my brother put a new battery in, cars starts but no electrics work (lights, tacho, etc).

Im assuming that simply a fuse has blown (or more than one) since the car starts and runs ok, and was a result of the dipshit crossing the terminals?

My brother has no mechanical knowledge/interest in cars and he lives 45 mins away from me so i dont have access to the car but might go over later if i can.

Also if someone can link me to a service manual that would be great.

Thanks,

Will.

[mad082]

service manual won't give you much to go off if you don't also have the car near you. best bet is for your brother to simply check all fuses. will take a few mins to find the problem. if he can't find a blown one then he is best simply taking it to an auto electrician and paying a few dollars for them to sort it out. there is a small chance that there is much more serious issues than just a blown fuses.

also, moral of the story, disconnect the battery before charging.