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when it comes to Renix wiring, and my MJ shat the bed. Situation is this:
Battery was dead, so i tried to jump it. Something shorted in the engine bay, which resulted in my alternator pigtail consuming itself from the inside out in a puff of narsty-smelling smoke. I'm getting a new one from the JY and a new alternator, but I don't know if there's anything else that might have fried itself too. Anyone good with Renix wiring who could tell me a) what would have caused it to fry in the first place, and b) whether anything else might have gotten fried?
when it comes to Renix wiring, and my MJ shat the bed. Situation is this:Battery was dead, so i tried to jump it. Something shorted in the engine bay, which resulted in my alternator pigtail consuming itself from the inside out in a puff of narsty-smelling smoke. I'm getting a new one from the JY and a new alternator, but I don't know if there's anything else that might have fried itself too. Anyone good with Renix wiring who could tell me a) what would have caused it to fry in the first place, and b) whether anything else might have gotten fried?
... well here's the obvious question, didja hook up the jumper cables wrong? 
there's a few fusible links by the diagnostic connector that may have burned up... never seen an alternator plug go up in smoke like that from trying to jump the truck though... methinks that maybe the alt. wires and the battery cable crossed each other.... they run in the same harness, along with the wire for the oil pressure sender and one or two other things... i'd pull that harness off and give it a how's your father.... if all of that checks out, check all the fuses, see if any are blown and check those circuits.. and if all the fuses are good, then 
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