need to get her home soon.

[ztanamoz]

So ill give a short story to defend my stupid mistake, the most embarrassing mistake ever but atleast I have the balls to admit it was me and not "a friend" or "a drunk guy"

long shitty day at school, left lights on before my classes, dead battery, ask girlfriend for jump, cross wires in my moronic near-sleep, and smoke.

it cranks with cables hooked up properly now. I tried to ghetto rig some new wires with alligator clamps as new fusible links just to see if it would start or not. Im thinking no spark but ill have to check for sure tomorow while im by it and have a screwdriver.

Question is, what the hell did I do to it, and how do I get it out of the school parking lot soon?

Thanks, and dont waste your time flaming, I really dont care about your e-bullying and the fact is everyone makes some dumb mistakes in their life.

[beandip]

to avoid loosing the Z , I would call for a flat bed tow. You have learned a lesson here and I don't need to say more. But leaving the Z there for more 24 hrs is asking for some one to steel it. Don't compound one bad judgement with another. You won't be able to do the repair in a parking lot. So either have it taken to a repair shop or your home. Others can be of more help with he job ahead than me. Start with a multimeter and check the fusible links and fuse block. then go from there. the problem can be in the harness now because with a dead short like this if the wires got hot enough to melt the insulation they could be fused together or grounded out inside he harness. Gary

[Hoojkue]

Hey man, I had something similar happen when I needed a jump, my roomate put the cables backwards and I could smell something burning. My fusible links were pretty bad, thats the first place I would check. After I made a new one, car ran back to normal!

[sblake01]

You 'made a new one?' In other words, you replaced a fusible link with wire? I hope you changed that to a real fusible link at the first opportunity.

[livinzlife]

well im going to tow it out today after class is over and hopefully figure things out this week. Where can I get a new set of fusible links for a 80 280zx. Also, if thats not the problem, what would be my next move?

[sblake01]

Does livinzlife=ztanamoz? There was a thread a while back that was based on someone crossing jumper cables but I can't seem to find it. Don't seem to be able to come up with the correct search words and I gave up after about 15 tries. But I'm not the one with the problem. Try to find that thread or use the electrical troubleshoothing section in the 1980 280ZX factory service manual. Otherwise, you're just listening to a bunch of guesses and/or throwing parts at it until you get it fixed.

[Montezuma]

I have owned a Z now for over 17 years...one kind or another....I too made the exact same mistake when I needed a jump after not turning off my headlight switch all the way. It was after a day at work...I got the wife to stop by to give me a jump I reversed the cables on my 73Z....I saw the smoke and smelled it too. I only did it for a few seconds, it was a bad day. But I was lucky because my car does not have FI, I reversed the cables and started the car. I later discovered the headlight switch got fried, along with some other things I forgot. I knew better, I always gripped about the positive cable being so close to the body.

It happans.....now get it fixed.

[livinzlife]

Does livinzlife=ztanamoz? There was a thread a while back that was based on someone crossing jumper cables but I can't seem to find it. Don't seem to be able to come up with the correct search words and I gave up after about 15 tries. But I'm not the one with the problem. Try to find that thread or use the electrical troubleshoothing section in the 1980 280ZX factory service manual. Otherwise, you're just listening to a bunch of guesses and/or throwing parts at it until you get it fixed.

yea sorry about the change of name, i spent a while tryin to think of my password from my account I made a little while back and couldnt think of it...then i figured it out after giving up and making a new one. guess I had forgotten which one was which this morning. Ill try to find the other thread about it hopefully that will get me in the right direction.