Replace Fuseable link?

[Marty86]

I have a 86 Bronco II w/ 2.9l V6 that has been sitting for a while with the battery unplugged. I decided I wanted to move it across the yard to sell it, and when I hooked up the battery and went to start it, smoke came out of a fuseable link on the ground side.

I've checked all the other wires, can't seem to find a short anywhere else, all my other wires seem good.

Could it be that this Fuseable link just needs replacing? Since I'm going to sell it, I don't mind grabbing one off of a truck in the boneyard, but what should I look at before I do that?

 

[wildbill23c]

Replace the fuseable link, and check all the fuses, then connect the battery cables correctly. There shouldn't be any smoke when you hookup a battery, sounds to me like you connected the battery backwards.

 

[Marty86]

I can't imagine I did that, but stranger things have happened. Thanks!

 

[wildbill23c]

Oh trust me I've done the same thing not really paying attention at first and sent sparks and smoke rolling luckily it was an older vehicle so nothing major other than a fuse link and some fuses.

 

[jhammel85]

Sounds to me like you connected the battery backwards. I can't see why a Ground would do that.