Topic: guys please help...blew something electrical

[studentwheeler]

so i just  put a new battery in my 82, drove it for five min to a friends house, come outside an hour later, jump in my truck, turn the key and it clicks and i hear a pop. Did the hood arc the pos and neg battery terminals? it wont do anything now, i tried jumping it but nothing, no fuses blown....what could be wrong? -any input would be most app

[jimbo74]

its most likely a fuse or a fusible link somewhere, there are huge fuses that dont look liek regualr fuses under the hood, its also possible you freid some wiring

[79coyotefrg]

why  did you replace the battery  in the first place?

where did you get the battery??

and what kinda of super duper stereo  do you have??


i cant think of a fusible link in line on a 82

[Jeffe 81]

I'm not 100% on the '82, but on my '81 there are 2 fusible links coming right off the positive battery terminal.  They look like either one or two short section ofwire going into a green hardshell connector.  The single wire fusible link should be for your headlights and the dual strand should be for everything esle.   Call your Toyota dealer to order them for you, and they run about $15-$20.  Its not a bad idea to have a spare since the truck won't run without them!  Try to figure out what caused it to melt in the first place before you replace the fusible link.    

[studentwheeler [OP]]

i got a new battery cause the old one went completey dead, had it tested and all, got a napa one, the only thing i can think of is that the new one is taller than the old and the hood could have arched the two terminals.. if this happened, is my battery toast? and would the fusible links and fuses still be fried if this (the hood touching pos and neg) happened?  -thanx for your help

[CTENG in KS]

Mine went POP once...it was the alternator...fried the battery and the big black fusable link.  Replaced all 3 and she is good as new.