The connection where the smoke is coming out is a bad connection.
Either it is the connection between the battery post and the battery
cable, or the battery cable itself is bad. If it is the cable to battery
connection, clean the post and the cable end and try again. If you don't
have a cleaner, use sand paper, but not a file or knife, you don't want
to take out metal, just clean out the oxidation. If it is the battery
cable itself, just replace the cable and make sure that the connectoion is
clean.
If the headlights work when you turn them on you should be able to feel heat
being generated at the point of the bad connection. Watch out because there
can be quite a bit of heat and you could burn yourself. If the headlights don't
come on, leave them on anyway and use a screwdriver to short the post to the
post. You will probably get a small spark and the lights will come on.
Good luck!
Peace,
Pat
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voice (512)471-9730, fax (512)471-8885, horne@cs.utexas.edu
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