a puff of smoke and now nothing 69 valiant electrical issue

BTW the reason we are all pointing to the fusible link is that if it is popped (it is a sort of fuse) the car will be dead electrically.

AND the fusible link ONLY blows when there is a major short in the wiring.

so you have 2 issues to solve.

1. what caused the short.
2. what will need to be replaced to fix it.

then and only then put the battery back into the system