Ok i am reposting this for a friend who has a spec v we ran into some problems. Any ideas would be greatly apreciated.

Well I pulled the engine to paint the engine compartment and when putting back in installed an ssr turbo kit with an safc2. Long story short made sure everthing was buttoned up all fluids were good, put the battery in and everything, even the safc was keying hot and powering properly. When I tried to crank it sounded like there was not enough power to turn it over so i hooked up a jumper box to give it that xtra kick and boom everthing is dead as in absolutly no power not even the door dinger. Checked all under hood fuses and relays and under dash fuses, and they are all good. power is going to and thru the fuse box and to starter. im stumped ! Any help or suggestions would be great. Thanx.


Modified by TarProductions at 4:29 PM 4/2/2006


Modified by TarProductions at 5:22 PM 4/2/2006

 

Did you clean up the grounds after painting?

 

We didnt sand the paint down underneath the grounds because we thought the screw going into the metal would be enough. Should we sand a to the body under the grounds?

 

yep sounds like a ground problem...take a little 80-100 grit and sand it to bare metal, especailly on the battery ground.