The battery fuse in my 97 w/D16Y7 has blown due in part to me trying to put in a new battery in the dark with no flashlight. put it in backwards (idiot) the thing is I have never seen this type of fuse and no store in this isolated community i call home has either. I would like to know the correct term for the screw in box-like fuse that has blown on me, so that i can order a correct replacement from out of town.

 

Nobody Knows? come one guys, help a poor Newb out. I'm only used to Domestic cars/trucks. I had a company send me a bullet style fuse after i asked for a 97 civic battery fuse, so they don't know anything. what would be the best way to word it or describe it?

 

Is therea possibility i may have damaged my ECM? I know it can be done by incorrectly jump starting newer cars, so i might have screwed my car up.

 

Can you post a picture? The only fuse I see is under the hood which runs from the battery to the alternator. Its a 80 amp fuse. Did you ohm it out to see it really blown?Fuse usually protect from over current situations not from reversing polarity at the source.

 

Can't get any pics tonight, but maybe tomorrow. It's the screw in style fuse that the positive battery cable goes right into. If the fusebox diagram is telling the truth, it is the battery fuse. Weird thing is, my brake lights work, but nothing else not the domelight, headlights, etc. it doesn't even try to crank. I haven't really given it much thought, the rest of the car took my attention away from it.

 

ya you coulda just messed up ALOT by hooking it up backwards!!!!!!!!!!
maybe if your lucky thats all you blew..... check out a dealership.....

 

If i had a dealership anywhere within 700km i would, but that ain't gonna happen anytime soon. so im on my own. any things i should check for?

 

yea i blew that 80 amp fuse once and then i went to like 10 different auto stores and they didnt have it, but they did have a 70 amp fuse and yea i put that one on and bam good as new that was like 3 yrs ago and still runnin strong

 

Nevermind...

 

what about some junk yards just take a smal screw driver with ya and remove one...