strange... I know i've done welding on my cars before without disconnecting the battery, my 68 bug still has the same battery from when i got it going on 7 years. It does seem that he burned or cut some wires, I mean all you need to turn the starter is a hot from the battery to starter, and a hot from the ignition switch to the starter and grounds of course.
oh and if your oil light doesn't come on that tells me that the wire got cut or something. it runs from the sender to the light, nothing else really to keep it from working
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