The dumbest effing question yet to hit this forum.

[M3blitkrieg]

Got it back together and it started right up. Ran for about 5 minutes again then suddenly died. This time I noticed the battery terminals got VERY hot. I burnt my finger on it pretty bad actually. So il check to see if the battery is dead or the altinator is over charging leading to the issue at hand.

[jc43089]

Did you tighten the battery terminals? Or just have them shoved on? They need to be tightened properly. They should not ever get hot if they are tightened properly.