1987 Chevy Truck ive got no power

Tiny
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  • 1987 CHEVROLET TRUCK
  • V8
  • 4WD
  • AUTOMATIC
  • 102,000 MILES
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?
Sunday, May 30th, 2010 AT 5:42 PM

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Tiny
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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
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Sunday, May 30th, 2010 AT 6:42 PM
Tiny
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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?
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Monday, May 31st, 2010 AT 1:27 PM
Tiny
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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.
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Monday, May 31st, 2010 AT 4:20 PM

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