What is age of the battery? Cold weather is EXTREMELY hard on them. Doesn't take much to kill a marginal one. Did you try jump starting? Remember -- if battery is DEAD dead, even 4 GA jumper cables may not be enough. Check that you didn't dislodge starter relay while routing through relay compartment (rear row, second from outside). Bill Robertson #5939 >--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Soma576@xxxx wrote: > hey all, > > two questions. > > 1. i put my battery back in my car yesterday and as i tried to put the > cables on it, the terminals sparked quite a bit. the ignition was off and i > have a courtesy light override, so i don't think there should be any draw to > cause sparking. any ideas? what does this mean? >