Okay so i finished my wire tuck and turn on my battery to my suprise the bolt holding the ac line next to the abs going into the fender turns orange then flames. luckily i put it out real quick it melted the ground to the battery and punctured a hole in my ac line (Freeon everywhere). Any suggestions what to do? The two lines coming from the fuse box i think had to do with it and also the white piece on the inside of a connecter fell out. Any help at all im too scared to turn on the battery again!!
Thanks

 

wow man that sucks, if i where in your situation i would try to undo every thing i did, and see what happens when i turn the car on.
Also this had happened to my friend but in side the car and a couple wires got melted into each other. Check if your wires are still intact.

 

just two wires melted but i pulled them apart and it was just two wires leading to where the fire was
do you think it was a short or something

 

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Uhh....

 

so if i wrap it in electrical tape and pull it away from the metal should i give it a try

 

To the best of my knowledge yes i think it is. Im not sure on the way you would go about finding where it is though.
If i where in your situation i would undo everything i did and hopefully find the short. But before that i would suggest you wait and see what a couple people have to say. You never know if anyone else went through the same problem.
UP for some answers

 

you have a power wire shorting to ground.

get a manual and figure out where the wires go or something(I'm not going to sit here and describe everything). moving around electrical wiring blindly on these cars is asking for disaster...

 

where does the two wires coming from the fuse box go?

One of them is a power right?

 

 

I think you are looking for T101

 

ok thanks the alternator has a sub wire coming to it so it could be a short ill give it a try wish me luck

 

grab a fire extinguisher b4 u do it. and if u shorted someting electrical tape isnt gunna fix it

 

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fwiw, you don't want to run a power wire for an amp to the alternator, run it to the battery. the varying output voltage is no good, and those things are made for 12v anyways, the alternator outputs about 13.8v.

 

most amps are designed for 14.4 but either way who ran it to the alternator??

 

just coming off the battery, you would usually have about 14.0 v or high 13's if your at idle

 

ur right. my bad. early.

I think he said he ran it to the alternator. Anyways, that isn't the reason his car is lighting on fire..

 

ok found out it was indeed the sub =woofer line to the alternator. it had a bad connection and decided to short onto the abs wires ya i didnt trust those (profesionals) but anyway everthing is now fixed due to an all nighter now i just need a new ac line because the fire punctured it. Thanks but it still needs work

 

Ok I now have eaten my words twice on this thread. lol

Good job finding it.

 

you should send those professinals a bill for your AC line. Then follow up with an email to better business bureau. Thats what I would do. All though you were doing a wire tuck, but if you didnt touch the wire that caught fire, send a bill.

 

please tell me you moved the wire off the alternator and have a fuse on your amp