Mess with anything near the dash for it to be shorting out, unless its just a coincidence that something has shorted out under there on its own right after we got it back together. I'm not sure that we didn't pinch any wiring but it would about be impossible to pinch anything since all the connections are made after the upper plenum is back on & all the wires reached their connections with no problems If a wire was pinched, then I would think that I wouldn't have been able to get the connector to reach its destination. I didn't take any wires off the alternator so I know all of them are the same as before. I did take the starter wires off & one of the battery cable ends off the battery but I checked them again after experiencing these issues. I have not checked my fuses yet. I'm definitely not driving my car until I figure it all out! I don't wanna risk anything!