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markpritchett11 11-10-2016 08:26 AM

No power, won't turn over/no lights.
 
Hey guys, I recently bought a 79 camaro 350 4 speed and I'm in the process of restoring it. I removed the headers and painted them a couple of days ago, while putting them back one of the wires from the start arced to a piece of the car. Now I have no power at all, no lights, the starter won't turn over. Obviously something wrong with the starting circuit but I can figure out what it is. Help is greatly appreciated!!

Camaro 69 11-10-2016 12:01 PM

Most likely blew the fusible link. It's on the red wire that's connected to the same stud on the starter that the battery cable is on. That's a main feed wire to the rest of the car. Look to see what gauge wire that is, then look here for what you need: Catalog
You don't want to wire it direct (bypass the link) as that protects the car from burning to the ground. The fusible link is a slow blow, so using a regular inline fuse instead won't work since they are quick blow.


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