I screwed up

[meekie4]

Back story: alternator went out, no biggie.
Pulled battery to charge it, it charged and I went to put it back in.

Here where I messed up.

I have the big 3 upgrade and two silver wires. One is the power to the starter, the other is the ground for the battery to ground to the frame.

I accidentally Switched the two (without knowing it) and connected everything to the battery (the ground to the positive terminal and the starter to the negative terminal). I was about to shut the hood, when I noticed smoke coming form the battery area. Immediately I cleared the terminals of wires and realized my mistake. I then placed the mixed up ground and starter wire on their correct posts and nothing happened when I tried to start the car. None of my dash lights came on.

How do I check the larger fuses under the hood?
(How do I pull the "starter" fuse. its one of the big ones)

What fuses do you suggest I look at?

Any suggestions would be awesome as what to look at or do next. Thanks. :help:

 

[meekie4]

Also its a 1996 3.4 v6.

 

[JayRolla]

You want to track down all fuses and check them all. Pretty much what happens with you do this is all the wires get super hot until they start to melt together. I have seen an entire wiring harness melt together and needed replaced because of this. But usually if lucky the main fuse for alt will fry and its why your getting nothing. You need to check this fuse. Some info where you can find the fuse, http://www.yotatech.com/f2/replacing-alternator-fuse-96-4runner-103434/

 

[98OzarksRunner]

There's no starter fuse but there is an alternator fuse. You have to disassemble the fuse box because it's bolted in.

 

[t4r4life]

yeah i would unbolt the fuse box and check for all the big fuses. chances are you fried your main 100A fuse.