cityofcaterpillars

So I swapped manual transmission from dx to ex. Went to hook up the battery and the cables almost welded to the terminals. Check all 3 grounds, both sensors on trans. No idea what going on

Has anyone experience anything like this? Or where I should start with looking for the short?

mk378

Were you trying to connect the battery backwards?

The other thing that might do this is connecting the big wire from battery + to the starter to the wrong place on the starter, it should go on the terminal on the solenoid that doesn't already have a wire on it.

chrysler kid

There is a large primary ground cable from the transmission to the chassis frame rail, most likely you didn't hook it up or its a bad connection

cityofcaterpillars

I figured it out. The post on the starter was loose and was shorting itself out. Fried the starter but luckily it was under warranty

tony_2018

Bam..I was just about to recommend looking hear. I'd be worried about everything else