Hoping you can help...

I have a '69 Camaro that has an electrical issue I can't find.
I connect the battery and have power (13 volts), all electrical inside
the works. As soon as I turn the Ignition Key I lose everything.
If I check the voltage, I have 13 volts at the bettery terminal, but only have 3 volts at the horn relay, and the positve on the alternator.
If I disconnect the battery, and reconnect, I have power again. Sometimes the car starts and everything works fine. I can shut off the Ignition, and try to restart I may have power, or I may not. It seems like disconnecting the battery resets everything.

I have a new battery, cleaned the terminals, new alternator, new horn relay, and new voltage regulator.

Any suggestions???

 

Do you have HEI or points? Coil could be going bad.

 

I was thinking bad starter. If nobody else has a suggestion, it's pretty quick and easy to pull a starter and bench test it. I'm only saying this cause in the past, I've ran across a bad starter that drained the system, kinda like your describing.

If it is in the starter, you may get lucky with just replacing a bad solenoid, but it sounds more like a starter that's grounding out internally.

Good luck.

 

Just bought a new starter and solenoid... Hopefully that is it.

 

if thats not it check the points (if you still have them) then i would also look at the coil.