1987 Chevy Truck ive got no power

1987 CHEVROLET TRUCK
102,000 MILES • V8 • 4WD • AUTOMATIC
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JUDRIES
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ok my starter was bad, when you turned the key you could hear the solenoid engage and that was it. i went to pull the starter out and forgot to unhook the battery so the was an arc across the terminals when i put the wrench on it. made me feel like an airhead and i unhooked the battery. got the new starter, put it in, and hooked the terminals back up. now i have no power to anything with the key in any position just no power at all. i hooked a 50 amp battery booster up to the battery terminals and still nothing. could i have blown some relay or something electrical when i touched it with the wrench? could i have damaged one of the wires to the starter, and if i did would that cut all power to the truck? i checked the battery terminals and cleaned them with a wire brush and tried to look at the wires to the starter and couldnt see anything that looked wrong. if it was a bad connection at the battery wouldnt it give power to the truck when i put the battery booster on the battery cables?
May 30, 2010 at 5:42 PM
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Hi judries, Welcome to 2carpros and TY for the donation.

Check and test all the fusible links you could have blew it when the arc happened-when this link/s goes no power is gonna go inside the vehicle
May 30, 2010 at 6:42 PM
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[quote:5554f009b6="rasmataz"]Hi judries, Welcome to 2carpros and TY for the donation.

Check and test all the fusible links you could have blew it when the arc happened-when this link/s goes no power is gonna go inside the vehicle[/quote:5554f009b6]

i cut out the 2 fuseable links and twisted the wires together i thought the connection may have been lost from pulling on the wires the 10 times i took the starter out and put it back in, still no power, are there any other fuses that could have blown to cut power to everything? could it be a short somewhere else in those wires from tugging on them?
May 31, 2010 at 1:27 PM
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Did you test for power at both side of the fusible links? The fusible link has to have power before it transfer power to all over the vehicle-Double check battery connections.
May 31, 2010 at 4:20 PM