Toyota Repair: 97 Tercel No Elec power....nothing, check fuse, lil 1


Question
Hello.... I'm not getting any power whatsoever in my 97 Tercel. Headlights, horn, interior lights, blinkers, door
chimes, no start etc....I recently did a tuneup and prior to her dying completely I had started her up and she purred
like a nice lil 1.5 engine does. My OCD self decided I didn't like the battery the way it had moved from driving and
moved it to a better position. I cleaned the terminals tighten everything up and went to try to crank her up once
again and everything was dead. I may have possibly or accidentally touched the terminals or something, but i really
don't recall. Anyways there was a 100amp fuse (blue) that I changed, but still dead. I noticed according to the relay
cover there was a relay titled "main relay" (black in color) I did try switching this "main relay" with the heater
relay, but still nothing. I also made sure the battery terminals were tighten snug and juice is flowing all checked
out good. Is there some relay or another 100amp fuse somewhere?.....Please help me get my little bucket on the road
again Thank You!

Answer
Sounds like blow the main fuse ! check fuse in the engine compartment, Usually the main fuse is 60 AMP, if you short the battery or hook the battery terminal oppsitely, the fuse will be blown, try find it and sodering it, becaues it's hard to replace it.