Battery

Asked by sgreen68 Nov 19, 2013 at 07:45 AM about the 2000 Ford Escort ZX2

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

My husband accidentally hooked up the battery backwards in my 2000 Escort ZX2 and
now everytime he hooks the battery up correctly it blows a fuse. Help please!

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he needs to carefully examine all the wiring. somewhere there is probably a short where the covering on the wires has melted allowing 2 bare wires to touch.

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