man I must be dumb... I have jumped cars,with # 12 wire and touching the bumpers together on the side the road,when every one said that ol hick trick wont work...was that bad for the car?

undo the batt,swap them in out with the engine running in the rain,sure that was bad too!

drove them around with no batt and never had any probs with them,then or later,that was bad also, right?

so now I am a rabid redneck hack shade tree parts changer..got it

it a dumb people method...best left to us dumb people

to the OP,sorry your post got hijacked,hope you get it fixed,no matter which way you do it,like said...just trying to help... should have left that chivy post alone ...my bad