Q: Car won't turn over.
Okay I put in a new car stereo, it was faulty and it drained my battery, So in order to get the car moving I bought a rechargeable jump starter. I got the car going and went out and bought a new battery. Now I've just installed it and the car won't even turn over. The starter motor was fine prior to me installing it. Now I was very careful not to short out anything and I kept the cap on the negative until I put on the terminal. The central locking is working and all the dash lights are coming on without a problem. Does anyone have any ideas?
My car has 55000 miles.
My car has a manual transmission.
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