So i was changing out my intake manifold gaskets on my 84 gl wagon because they literally exploded while i was driving, and while i was changing them my ratchet touched one of the connecting wires to my alternator and there were some sparks, anyway long story short i put everything back together and now my car won't turn over. none of the dash lights come on either. It's acting like i took the battery out of it completely. I checked the voltage on it and it's fully charged. Very confused

check your fuses and fusible links ( or equivalent of what your model has )

The links might be inside a plastic box mounted on the coolant reservoir. The later models were there at least. They should be near the battery anyways.

it was totally the links and then it was me not reconnecting the battery