PDePauw
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I put the doghead relay in the other day and everything was running great. My buddy told me to put a 3 amp diode from the Purple/White wire to the Black. I thought that is easy enought so i went for it. Well, in my haste i didn't pull the battery cables and when i was dropping the metal bracket out with the relay on it one of the posts touched metal and for a split second i was spot welding. I quickly cleared the post from the metal and then whipped around to the front to undo the battery. There was a waft of light smoke over the engine and the smell of electric. I pulled the cables and hooked everything back up and it won't start now. I bought a new relay this morning and it still won't start. Could it be a fuseable link? I thought i saw a charred spot by the passenger side firewall. I have only had this for a month and we just got it going good the other day. Needless to say i wish i would have skipped the diode. If you have any ideas of where to start the trouble shooting i would appreciate it.