Backstory: went outside this morning, backed the disco halfway out of the garage to work on it. Disconnected negative terminal to swap out windscreen washer tanks, and reattached. Started her up again to test the pumps, worked great, shut her down. Proceeded to take out the hood liner, and then hopped back in to move the car into the garage.

I get interior dome lights, but no warning lights or crank. It's completely silent, with the exception of the door alarm yelling at me.

I brought out my die hard battery charger to check the battery - says it's 100% charged, and was replaced by the PO just prior to purchase. Tried to use the "engine start" function, but that produced similar results - no turnover/cranking.

Am I missing something? Please help! I can't even get it out of Park into Neutral so I can push it in or out.

 

Sounds like connection problem - battery terminals, or the other end of the same wires, where they connect to starter or frame. Also check big wire conections in underhood fuse box. One way to check the negative battery to frame connection is to use a car jumper cable to attach from negative battery to clean metal on the engine.

 

Thank you! Hopping outside to recheck things. I can't imagine I disconnected or unplugged something when I put the washer tank back in.

 

Ok! I just checked and it looks like the 60 AMP fuse in the engine compartment fusebox is blown.

http://ww2.justanswer.com/uploads/je...47_fusesss.pdf

Says it's "Ignition circuits" which makes sense with what's going on. Also says that it's a 50 Amp fuse, but there's a 60 staring at me.

Heading out to buy some. Is that correct?

 

Says 60 amp in my RAVE on page 70 of 591 in the electrical guide. MF 5.

 

Ok. Rookie mistake. Ended up pinching a wire under the washer tank when I rebolted it down. Reseated it, and Sacrificed the ac fuse and it started up. Thanks for pointing me in the right direction, Savannah!