I broke something trying to install stereo
Hi. I'm Keith and I recently purchased a '94, gas 454 chevy, Safari Kalahari. It has very low miles and has been running perfect. I had been hoping to write in here about my various project ideas, but it seems that I've given myself a problem.
I was trying to install a cd player I had to replace the existing old cassette player. All the wires were labeled nicely inside. My stereo also was nicely notated as to the wires. I set it all up and plugged it in. The stereo worked for a little bit and I was messing with it and the quit. I changed one of the power wires trying to get it to come back on. I must have crossed the positive and negetive because now my rig wont start. The power went totally dead. After a while I tried it and it turned on and would turn over but wouldn,t start It seems like it might but no. I can smell gas and there is gas fumes coming out of the tailpipe. I ran the battery down and tried the boost with my house batteries. It turned over fine but would not start either.
Now it dead again. It will turn over with the boost but no start. I'm sure I messed up seriously. I'm taking time to think it out and I'm safe at home so there is no pressure to go anywhere. I'm going to take some pics tomorrow. Any help is appreciated. I will write more about how it happened and I'm going to think through exactly what I did but I'm having anxiety at the moment. I'm hoping I can find a fusible link or that I damaged the running battery or something like that.
I was trying to install a cd player I had to replace the existing old cassette player. All the wires were labeled nicely inside. My stereo also was nicely notated as to the wires. I set it all up and plugged it in. The stereo worked for a little bit and I was messing with it and the quit. I changed one of the power wires trying to get it to come back on. I must have crossed the positive and negetive because now my rig wont start. The power went totally dead. After a while I tried it and it turned on and would turn over but wouldn,t start It seems like it might but no. I can smell gas and there is gas fumes coming out of the tailpipe. I ran the battery down and tried the boost with my house batteries. It turned over fine but would not start either.
Now it dead again. It will turn over with the boost but no start. I'm sure I messed up seriously. I'm taking time to think it out and I'm safe at home so there is no pressure to go anywhere. I'm going to take some pics tomorrow. Any help is appreciated. I will write more about how it happened and I'm going to think through exactly what I did but I'm having anxiety at the moment. I'm hoping I can find a fusible link or that I damaged the running battery or something like that.
