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...
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Ok, take a breath. Nothing you did would cause a serious issue except reversing wires on the stereo might cause its fuses to pop. Your battery ran down while you were messing about and that caused the stereo issue at first.
If you have a generator or a charger then get the engine battery fully charged.
If you were tying wires into the fuse box you could have blown an ignition control fuse. Since you can smell fuel and it turns over fast enough to start then you are missing spark. Sometimes fuses can fool you too.
If you find some device on the fuse block that looks like it is used to tap a wire off it could be highly suspect. Some of those devices spread the fuse holder contacts and even though fuses are good you lose power. Use a simple 12 volt test light to check each end of every fuse. A test light is less than $10 in many cases. Don't use a voltmeter because they can fool you.
If you have a generator or a charger then get the engine battery fully charged.
If you were tying wires into the fuse box you could have blown an ignition control fuse. Since you can smell fuel and it turns over fast enough to start then you are missing spark. Sometimes fuses can fool you too.
If you find some device on the fuse block that looks like it is used to tap a wire off it could be highly suspect. Some of those devices spread the fuse holder contacts and even though fuses are good you lose power. Use a simple 12 volt test light to check each end of every fuse. A test light is less than $10 in many cases. Don't use a voltmeter because they can fool you.
