[jcweho92Spider]

thanks guys, i am going to try many things this weekend to get my car straighted out..

to answer John's question, the reversed cables were connected about 10 sec. once i noticed the car didnt start and the stick got hot, i immediately disconnected the cables..

when you said to disconnect the amp, does that mean i should not install one? is there any other way to get one installed then? the new amp i am getting is 450watts..i have heard people say that it is too much for the alternator in an alfa to handle the current. it might burn up?

but, this is what happened yesterday.
i moved the car from the covered garage on wendesday night to the street parking. starting no problem. thursday morning, car died..noticed there there were lots of water deposit and knew the car died from the sprinkler that morning. when turned key to ignition, all lights on panels went on, clock worked, but when turned to "run", it didnt start.
Later thursday night, i tried again, but everything died. no lights, not even the clock. so i jumped up the car, it seems fine now.

what I dont understand is, if say the cause was the wet distubitor cap or dirty spark plugs or wires, why would the battery got drained out overtime? they dont have anything connected, do they? or say, the amp wire, the amplifer has been dead since the polarity incident, but the car still died yesterday, (water, i assume).

so i cannot link all the factors together...i am confused!

Jan-