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Old 12-12-2004, 01:25 AM
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How do you SAFELY disconnect the battery if your need to reset the computer???????????????????????????
 
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Old 12-12-2004, 02:43 AM
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Are you kidding? Just remove the positive side of the battery cable the one with the + on it I beleive the cover has it on their. What ever your resetting you should leave the battery disconnected for about 30 minutes.
 
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Old 12-12-2004, 12:59 PM
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Originally Posted by Stangdude27
Are you kidding? Just remove the positive side of the battery cable the one with the + on it I beleive the cover has it on their. What ever your resetting you should leave the battery disconnected for about 30 minutes.
Remove the positive cable??? some one mentioned that I only had to remove the negative cable...WTF now Im more confused...LOL

And no im not kidding I never had to disconnect a battery.
 
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Old 12-12-2004, 02:31 PM
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Yep just disconnect the positive side that is what supplies the power when the car is not using the altenator. Leave it disconnected for 30 mins and reconnect start the car and see if it cleared whatver the problem was it that easy and won't damage anything. Don't remove the negative side unless your putting in a new battery. It is that easy and anyone else will tell you the same.
 
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Old 12-12-2004, 03:08 PM
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I've always disconnected the negative side. Either way there's no circuit anymore and the computer will reset.
 
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Old 12-12-2004, 06:27 PM
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I thought it was negative first, that way theres no ground so you dont make sparks when you try to disconnect the pos side...Maybe thats just me...
 
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Old 12-12-2004, 06:33 PM
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The safest way to dissconnect a battery is negative first. It's a good idea to turn off the radio before you shut the car down to do it also.
 
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Old 12-12-2004, 08:44 PM
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Disconnect the negative. And really it only takes about 15 minutes for the computer to reset itself once disconnected.
 
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Old 12-13-2004, 12:13 AM
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LOL i think StangDude is trying to kill me.......
 
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Old 12-13-2004, 11:50 AM
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no not trying to kill anyone it doesn't hurt a darn thing if you dissconnect your positive side first.
 
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Old 12-13-2004, 04:40 PM
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Either way you do it, you'll be fine and wont get shocked.
 
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