hooked up battery wrong way

[norcal1982]

ok, so i get inside my caprice and ask my buddy to hook up the terminals to the battery....i dont know why but he hooked the up wrong....now car wont start it will turn over but no spark or fuel...please help

[jgabranski]

Check fuses..... Fuseable links....... once you get the power back, watch your alternator, theres a chance hooking power leads up backwards can kill the Alternator.

[j cAT]

Originally Posted by norcal1982

ok, so i get inside my caprice and ask my buddy to hook up the terminals to the battery....i dont know why but he hooked the up wrong....now car wont start it will turn over but no spark or fuel...please help

THE COMPUTER/PCM SHOULD BE DAMAGED.

I always paint the positive cable and battery POS connection red.

some times you have a big red plastic cover over the positive connection which is A GOOD OEM add on.

battery always feeds the computer key on or off.

[norcal1982]

so i replaced the injector fuse it was blown, also replaced the number 17 elec fuse with a new 15amp, hooked up battery right way and as soon as the key goes to on position the #17 fuse blows....at this point what should i do? replace comp?

[FishFind]

We dont know wht the #17 fuse is or where it goes to. Tell us that also follow that wire off the #17 fuse and see if it shorted it out. Almost sounds like you burned that wire and it is grounding on something now and drawing to much power, but we wont know until you tell is what that fuse is for.

[j cAT]

Originally Posted by norcal1982

so i replaced the injector fuse it was blown, also replaced the number 17 elec fuse with a new 15amp, hooked up battery right way and as soon as the key goes to on position the #17 fuse blows....at this point what should i do? replace comp?

disconect the computer see if any fuses blow. go to the scrap yard get a computer hook up see if it blows any fuses . if not then the one that was in there with the power reversal is the problem , which is what always occurs.

with the older vehicle the scrap yard computer might work same yr/model.

[norcal1982]

ill look into the wrecking yards