Okay so I was working on my 8 trying to diagnose why it wouldn't start and I narrowed it down to the immobilizer, but that's not the point. So I was working and I guess the battery tipped over into the bay since it was on my strut tower, there was a spark, new there is no electrical power what so ever. I do have a voltage though, so what happened and what do I need to replace?

 

Your tag line says it all....With no power comes no responsibility...
look for the fusible link... likely toasted that. That's the primary inline fuse for all things in the car. Don't know where it is in the car, your going to need to look it up..

 

Thanks I'll check for the fusible link...

And my tag is a play on words, and I meant whp....

 

Most likely destroyed the main backup fuse, the job of it is to protect your main component and fuses before it gets to them. It works sort of like a shield. Usually it is located under the hood on the driver's side in the fuse box. Should be a big fat fuse which you may have to use a phillips screwdriver to take it out in order to see.

 

Yeah, but how could you overlook the irony!
Good luck.

 

Originally Posted by meckert

Your tag line says it all....With no power comes no responsibility...
look for the fusible link... likely toasted that. That's the primary inline fuse for all things in the car. Don't know where it is in the car, your going to need to look it up..
i like that

 

So last I was checking with a multimeter every where I could and luckily I had my door open so I wiggled the negative write from the battery back towards the intake manifold and PRESTO, the car started singing.

But then I was looking under the dash and found a viper 650xv alarm, I tried bypassing the relay, but had no success.