My starter was stuck and drawing power from my battery so I disconnected the battery and removed the electric fan from the rad and gave the starter a couple of whacks to dislodge it, I reconnected the battery and then tried to start car before reinstalling the fan wiring it turned over a few times then everything went dead. no radio, lights, anything.
Checked all fuses none blown did i blow a fuse somewhere else or is the battery just dead from all the draw? I didn't have enough time to charge the battery before I went to bed last night. Thanks for all your input in advance.

 

Hopefully you disconnected the battery before you went to bed.

I'm in Minnesota and if you leave a battery severely discharged or dead over night it can freeze and ruin the soft lead plates inside that help produce the current. It's pretty obvious as the case bulges too.

It sounds like the culprit to your starter staying on is the starter solenoid on the starter. Hitting it helps the spring inside to disengage it. Usually it's just easier and more reliable to replace the starter as it will come with a new solenoid.

Everything going totally dead all at once is usually a blown fuse or you lost the connection at the battery terminals. If your fuses are good check to make sure the cables are clean and tight on the battery. Even when you run the battery way, way down so that the starter barely turns you should still have some lights and the radio should play.

It's also good preventative maintenance to put on "battery washers" or some terminal grease to keep the corrosion down. Used to think the washers were a joke till I used them. They work great.

 

Put it on trickle charge overnight and she started right up first thing this morning , now all I have to do is replace the starter and solenoid and I should be good to go. Thanks for the input KissAFrog.

 

replaced starter and solenoid today bought one from a wrecker 50 bones with delivery swapped them out with in a hour good to go Cheers! Thanks 4 all the tips.