I called AMA to boost the rolls rice (the battery terminals were really loose, and I think that caused it to loose its charge over the course of 10 days while it was parked) I was in the drivers seat, while dude connected cables. As soon he put them on, I noticed smoke start to come out of the back of the turbo timer box that sits on my steering collumn. I immediately told the guy to remove the cables.
I had my van taken to Apex, where they informed the that the van was boosted backwards. WTF!? They checked it out and had to change some fuses. Before I got the van back I had to leave town for work. My wife picked up the van and drove it home, she parked it, plugged it in, and left it there for 8 days untouched.
Today she went to start it up, no problem. She drove to 7-11, and when she came back out it would not start. Then she went back 5 minutes later and it started....
She took it back to Apex, they determined that the turbo timer is pooched, as well as the stereo, but the rest of the systems seemed to check out.
Are there any other possible effects by backwards boosting? My mechanic did put on my invoice that the van was boosted backwards, I have not contacted AMA ...yet
