here my problem, my brake lights dont work at all but everything else does. the fuse is not popping anymore after this dumbass from craigslist worked on my car, the fuse used to pop every time i put a fuse in under the hood, but now it doesnt pop anymore and the brake lights dont turn on at all. so what does that mean? he melted the wires? or is there also a brake light fuse in the fuse box on the inside of the car?

heres what happen

i found a guy on craigslist that said he was an electrical mechanic but i think he was lying. he looked at my truck and tried trouble shooting, the 20amp fuse under the hood keeps popping and he broke open the fuse and made a jumper "piece of metal connecting the two" and he put it in, we walked back to my tail lights to see if it was working and when i walked back to the hood everything was smoking because the idiot did the jumper, do you guys think the wires under the fuse box are now melted and need to be replaced? because i saw alot of smoke coming it, it was in there for about 1-2 minutes.

before i went to this guy when i put in a fuse it popped when i hit the brakes . now it does nothing.

do i got to run a new brake light wire now? when a wire melts does it melt down the entire wire or just the end? i got a 2001 dodge durnago