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Input: Text: not exactly today, as it was a bit of a long fix. my dad is a mechanic and growing up i (f) was taught to do all my own maintenance and minor repairs. my dad as a supply store for all his parts that he's been going to for years and always deals with the same guy. (i dont see my dad very often if you're wondering why my mechanic father never helped me with it)

so the battery on my truck died, i jumped it, went to the store to get a new battery, then drove home to change it. i just told the guy that i needed a battery for the year/make/model of by truck, he looked it up on his computer and gave me a battery (with my dad's discount) and i trusted that it was the correct battery. 

well the terminals were on the opposite sides, it wasnt correct. i didnt notice right away (i'm using the excuse that i'm female) and popped it into place. i didnt even connect the wires, i guess they just touched. hmm weird, i thought, i didnt even know that they made vehicle batteries with terminals on different sides. 

so i put the old battery back in to go back to get the correct battery. truck wont start. oh well, i'll wait till my landlord gets home and he can help me jump it again. landlord gets home, tries to jump my truck, no go. 

upon further inspection, there are blown fuses. still odd as i never actually connected it. anyway, fine, i'll go get new fuses. well i cant buy just the fuse, i have to buy the whole wiring system for it - $300. not happening. found one at a wreckers that i got for free (i think the guy felt sorry for me) and replaced it. still no go. 

after extensive research and my buddy google, i figured that it had actually fried the main computer system for my truck. great. called up the nissan dealer and asked how much for a new computer. $2000+ and it would take almost 2 weeks to get here. 

at this point i should add that i'm a self employed landscaper, i need my truck every day for work. so i call up my customers, tell them i'm not going to be there for a few weeks, feel free to find someone else if they cant wait. 

being cheap, not really having the $2000 to start with and really not having it with the thought of loosing my customers, i start to look around for a cheaper alternative. ebay has one for $300. too good to be true? i'm into taking the chance. only problem is this one will take a month to arrive. oh well, i've already lost my customers. 

so after a very long month and getting a lot of use out of my bicycle, it arrives. put it in, very simple, just a matter of plugging it in. still no go. 

but at least now, the light and radio will turn on so it must be right, i'm just missing something. back to google. immobilizer? must be. 

a neighbor down the road has the same truck. i ask if it can take a look. sure enough, the little immobilizer light on his goes out after the key is turned, mine stays on. well my wonderful neighbor has a friend that works at the nissan dealer and calls him for me. can he reprogram the computer so my key (with a chip) now matches the new computer? he says sure, he'll see if he can come by after work to that i dont have to have it towed, and just do it at my place as all he needs is their laptop. 

well the dealer wouldnt let him take the laptop out, so i had to get my truck towed ($100) so he could do it after hours so they wouldnt charge me for it. he did it all for free for me (i got him a case of good quality beer) and saved me at least another $1000. 

so because i didnt check to make sure of the correct battery, i went a month without work. but the good new is, thanks to some awesome people, i was able to fix my f up by doing all my own work and a ton a research for under $500. if i had just given up and take it in to be fixed, it would have been well over $3000. and i didnt end up losing a single customer over it, they all waited for me.

TIFU by shorting out my truck