wont start....plz help

[MilwaukeeGSX]

i'm real new to the website, but i was wonderinf if someone could help me out. My 96 GSX was working fine all day long, not a single problem. That is untill I hit a pretty big pot hole. My car made a "thud" or a "clunk" sound and my check engine light turns on for about 2 seconds then turns back off. I drive normal all the way home. I park it then turn it off, about 30 mins later i try to turn it back on but it wont start at all. The lights work, the raido woks but it wont start. i monkey around under the hood i find a huge wire out of nowhere, i dont know if this is my probelm nor do i know anything about the wire



but here it is......

 

[dicion]

That looks like it MIGHT have been going to the positive battery terminal before you hit the pothole. Remove everything off the positive battery terminal, and see if there's something on it, with no wire connected Trace the wire and see where it goes. If it's the one im thinking of, it might go to an 80A fuse in the fusebox on the passenger side. if it does, then it DEFINATELY belongs on the positive terminal. Sandwitch the bare stripped wire between the connectors, and drive it to a mechanic to have it replaced.

 

[Rick4g63]

Dicion is correct. That looks like the 4-gauge starter cable.
Have it replaced and the 80A fuse. the alternator may have taken a "hit".
Make sure your strut bar has no burn marks and has clearance from the battery and wires.

Good luck

 

[MilwaukeeGSX]

thanks for all the help guys