Hooked Car battery up the wrong way
Hooked battery wrong way If you hooked the battery up backwards then you likely smoked the fuse links at the starter solinoid on the inner fender passenger side. but it likely id the alternator was smoking then you likely smoked it as well. Start by checking all the fuse links at the starter solenoid, and im sure you burnt one or 2 . Replace them and the alternator. Check fuses..... Fusible links....... once you get the power back, watch your alternator, theres a chance hooking power leads up backwards can kill the Alternator. Reversing the battery connections is not too uncommon. If the key is off the damage is often just fusible links and fuses and the alternator. If, however, the key is on a great deal of damage can be done. Many relays, the computer, the ignition switch, etc. If the starter was engaged, it too might have been damaged. And there is the possibility that wires, anywhere in the harnesses, have damaged insulation but won't short out until some future tim...