fried electical?

[Alohanigel]

truck wasnt starting just a few clicks and dash lights went on. almost started when tryed to jump. tryed putting a car battery in to see if it was the battery that was the problem but i put the pos cable on the neg and the neg cable on the pos, oooops , saw a spark and now no power nothing, no lights, etc. my cd player has a single wire that goes straight to the battery an seems to be the only power working in the truck.. just looking at a broke truck and cant go anywhere

 

[Rifleman]

It shouldn't have done anything worse than fry a relay or fuse. Check your manual for locations on your model.

 

[Sasquatch_Ryda]

Probably took out the fuseable links. Check the wires from the battery and the starter solenoid on the fender and see if any of them melted.

 

[Alohanigel]

im pretty sure i scanned all the wiring pretty good and saw no signs of melting or anything, cleaned the battery connections as well, still nothing. i checked the wiring diagram in the haynes manuel but couldnt figure it out cuz i dont know what im looking for...

 

[Psychopete]

It's hit and miss. Some people have fried PCMs when hooking up the battery backwards. If your computer relay is not clicking on/off, this may be a good place to start, trace back and find out why. FWIW, The Haynes manuals for wiring are really horrible.

Pete

 

[Alohanigel]

think im gunna have to hire a mechanic for this one. shit