I own a 1994 3.8L Ford Mustang, manual transmission. Recently replaced my red positive battery cable with a new black cable. I left my lights on today and ran the battery dead. I have a battery jump starter, but like a moron I connected the cables backwards due to the black positive cable.
There was a lot of smoke and the battery jump starter fried. My problem now is that even while jump starting correctly off a running vehicle, if I try to turn the ignition I get nothing.
The very first time I turned the key on the correct jump, I got a single click. After that first click, there is absolutely nothing, even after letting the battery charge for several minutes. I'm not getting any power to the windows, lights, hood release, etc. The fuel pump is not priming either.
So far I haven't been able to find any fuses that went out, but am not sure where to look besides the engine compartment fuse block where the larger fuses are.
I feel like a complete idiot for doing this, and hope I haven't majorly damaged the car. Just put in a new alternator 3 days ago, too. :-(
There was a lot of smoke and the battery jump starter fried. My problem now is that even while jump starting correctly off a running vehicle, if I try to turn the ignition I get nothing.
The very first time I turned the key on the correct jump, I got a single click. After that first click, there is absolutely nothing, even after letting the battery charge for several minutes. I'm not getting any power to the windows, lights, hood release, etc. The fuel pump is not priming either.
So far I haven't been able to find any fuses that went out, but am not sure where to look besides the engine compartment fuse block where the larger fuses are.
I feel like a complete idiot for doing this, and hope I haven't majorly damaged the car. Just put in a new alternator 3 days ago, too. :-(