Help lost wire from negative post

[Bill Adams]

The  battery died.

bought a new one

replaced battery

now the car is dead, no lights nowhere

 

checked my work, meaning I pulled the battery back out. 

 

On the negative post I see where a fair size wire has broken it's bolt and broken off the cable end.

 

two connectors remain, one with small black and white wires.

one appears to be main ground lead

 

here's the problem.

 

I cant find this third wire.It's got to be dangling in there somewhere.

 

if I knew where it comes from, that might help. Anybody know where?

 

2014 Dodge Journey 6 cyl

 

 

thanks in advance.

Edited December 9, 2017 by Bill Adams
Forgot something

[Bill Adams]

That green and red area is where it came off. There's a broken  bolt in the center of it.

 

[Bill Adams]

False alarm.

 

The actual problem was a bad connection on the main ground wire going to the connector. Just needed cleaning.

 

figured this out by connecting the  battery with booster cable to the hot and ground lugs in the firewall. Everything worked like that, had to be in the cables.

 

connected the ground lead to the battery end of the ground cable, nothing.

 

Connected above the connector on the cable. Everything worked. Had to be that connection.

 

I spent seversl hours hunting a  wire that ddn't exist.

[jkeaton]

Glad you got it figured out.