FAAAAKKKKK - I Think I might have fried the electrical system.....

on my skid steer!

Left the key in the acc. position and realized it to late.......dead battery. Went to go jump start it today with my father-in-laws tractor and by the time I could get up on the tractor to start it after connecting the cables.....smoke was coming out of the back of the skid steer.

I jumped down off the tractor ASAP and got to the back of the skid steer to disconnect the cables....the smoke looked like it was coming from the radiators and had an awful smell.......ahhhh fuck me.

And Yes, I am sure the red was to red, ground to ground. No idea where to start so I just called the service guy....hopefully it's not to bad.

Where is my crying emoji?!

 

Different voltage or amperage? Is one positive ground?

 

One time, I went to hook up jumper cables to a battery in a car. Bad things happened. The owner started bitching. I pointed out the color of said cables and connected things appropriately for the cable color. He went on to bitch that THIS WAS A RACE CAR! WHY DID YOU THINK THAT THE COLORS WERE CORRECT???

I stopped helping. It was a good decision.

 

You let out all the magic smoke. Getting it recharged is a very expensive proposition.

 

Never use a Harley to jump start another bike.

 

That sucks.

Ill give you tree fiddy for the skid steer as is.

 

The very expensive part is what concerns me.

 

Electrical you say?

 

If you called a guy, its bad.

 

What are the chances I get lucky and just the battery fucked up????

 

None. None whatsoever.

Did about the same on my JD tractor. Cost me about $800 for a new instrument cluster which is required for the tractor to start

 

I've seen a few aircraft owners do the same thing and then it gets really expensive. I'd cry if I fried a 20k box, but they usually take it in stride, different tax bracket thing I guess.

 

This is exactly my fear....New wiring harness is 2 grand alone, another 500 in towing...God only know's what the shop fees would be to replace. I'll know tomorrow, George is coming to take a look.

I'm really afraid I have a large hunk of scrap metal now.

 

Tree fiddy....cold hard greenbacks.
And ill throw in some PBR and some sex toys you can send RiTChIeee


Im just saying....

 

4 fiddy and i come pick it up. don't even have to pay the tow guy


sorry about your loss

 

Fuse boxes exist for a reason. Battery could be shorted due to a burnt cell.

I seriously doubt it got the harness. They aren’t going to run shit straight to the battery without a fusable link to stop shortages.

 

Yeah but too much Voltage can fry ECU's pretty easy. If the tractor was running who knows how much V it was pouring into the skid steer formally know as "operating".

 

Fuses protect the wiring from catching on fire when a device shorts and start trying to draw too much current. You can send as much voltage through it as you like.

 

You can probably fix it yourself.
First, gather the tools you'll need, a 5 lb sledge, some duct tape and
a pair of vise grips. Throw a few paper clips and rubber bands in your pocket and you're ready for field service.