Ok, so this was my daily driver and here what happened and how i probably ruined the vehicle.
A week ago i was driving to work and the battery light came on and a bunch of red sensors *oil temp and others*
I get to work, open the hood and notice the fuse box is melted and the alternator wiring harness wire has melted so bad that it severed the connection!
Okay so i have AAA tow it home....here we go..
I order a fuse box (the proper one, i believe, got it off ebay (this one For 1999 2004 VW Jetta Golf MK4 Beetle Fuse Box Battery Terminal 1J0937550A B | eBay)
and i read online that the alternator wiring harness can degrade to the point of getting hot enough to melt the fuse box so i order some 4 guage wire to (maybe) replace the alternator wire with ...
the fuse box came in today, i figured i'd connect everything with the original wire to see if that "fixed" the problem and would take the alternator wiring harness off if it started to get hot again.
So i connect the fuse box and screw everything down really tight, all connections in their original places and then try to turn on the car but the dash acts like it has like barely enough power to even display the mileage..
HERE IS WHERE I MESSED UP AND THINK I SHOULD SELL IT FOR SCRAP
I tried to jump the car to see if the battery just happened to be dead and the alternator started SMOKING and smelling horrible. so i disconnect the jumper cables and now, no lights no nothing...car is deader than it was before.
Am i screwed here? did i just fry the alternator on top of the other issues?
A week ago i was driving to work and the battery light came on and a bunch of red sensors *oil temp and others*
I get to work, open the hood and notice the fuse box is melted and the alternator wiring harness wire has melted so bad that it severed the connection!
Okay so i have AAA tow it home....here we go..
I order a fuse box (the proper one, i believe, got it off ebay (this one For 1999 2004 VW Jetta Golf MK4 Beetle Fuse Box Battery Terminal 1J0937550A B | eBay)
and i read online that the alternator wiring harness can degrade to the point of getting hot enough to melt the fuse box so i order some 4 guage wire to (maybe) replace the alternator wire with ...
the fuse box came in today, i figured i'd connect everything with the original wire to see if that "fixed" the problem and would take the alternator wiring harness off if it started to get hot again.
So i connect the fuse box and screw everything down really tight, all connections in their original places and then try to turn on the car but the dash acts like it has like barely enough power to even display the mileage..
HERE IS WHERE I MESSED UP AND THINK I SHOULD SELL IT FOR SCRAP
I tried to jump the car to see if the battery just happened to be dead and the alternator started SMOKING and smelling horrible. so i disconnect the jumper cables and now, no lights no nothing...car is deader than it was before.
Am i screwed here? did i just fry the alternator on top of the other issues?