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You hooked up the battery backward got smoke from the firewall area around the steering colum you now have no power in the cab except for dash lights and horn and the truck will not turn over what now?
Mtkeith
If you have connected the battery backward and seen smoke from the drivers foot well you have melted some all of the relays/ cables electrical components of you vehicle, first you will need to remove all of the covers and trims in this area and start checking for signs of heat damage/ burning and other damage to the components in this area, It sounds like the cables to the ignition switch have been damaged and there could be some blown fuses.
Also the reverse polarity that occurs when this is done damages the diode pack in the alternator this is the unit the converts the AC current in to DC so that it can be stored in the battery.
Could be a costly mistake.
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