Battery Backwards. Any Ideas?

[_zb]

Hello,
My '95 Integra's battery died. We bought a new one. Instead of a 51R, they gave us a 51, which has the terminals on the opposite side. We didn't notice until we touched the + cable to the - terminal, and sparks flew.

Now, the car does not start. The horn works, but headlights and other electronics do not. Is it possible that we just blew a fuse, or is it likely to be something more expensive, like the computer?

I checked the inside fuses, and I am about to go check the under-hood ones. Is there anything else relatively easily replacable that I can test?

A very small mistake is going to end up being very expensive if I need to get the car towed to a garage. Any suggestions? Please help!

Thanks in advance.

[1969Stang]

okay going to just ask. what do you mean by not start.... turn the key nothing happens. no noise, started ingaging??? stuff like that... check all the fuses though.

[Miataracer]

yeah, you probably popped a lot of fuses...better check them all. under the hood, as well as under the dash

[_zb]

Originally Posted by Miataracer

yeah, you probably popped a lot of fuses

Well, I replaced the battery fuse (100A), and that appears to be the only thing that I fried. Thank goodness that the ECU is okay!

The clamps are a little loose on the posts of the new battery. That seems pretty problematic... I know that there shouldn't be any tension on those cables, but I'm worried about corrosion and arcing if they did work themselves loose. I guess I'll try to bend them in, because it seems tacky to just jam some wire in between.