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Hi all, please be patient with me over the next two days or so. I finally, after 2.5 years, completed the stang, but for bleeding brakes and installing the interior. The coolant leak is gone (thermostat did not slip in the housing this time around) and I am ready to start the car. I tried this evening and nothing happened. First, I have the battery in the trunk with a Morosso cutoff switch. When I flipped the switch, I found power at the solenoid battery post, which is good. I could not find any power downstream of the solenoid, which is not good. I put the hot lead on my volt meter on the solenoid battery post and the ground lead on the mini-post closest to the firewall and read 12 volts - a complete circuit. The first mini-post, the one at the front of the solenoid, had no juice at all. I thought it was supposed to be hot once the key is turned on? With the key on, it is dead.hmmmmm. I remember jumping my 61 falcon by crossing those two little posts on the solenoid wtih a screwdriver. The solenoid is a new autolite from NPD. I do have an old one sitting around that I know works. Should I substitute that one and see if it changes anything? Is there a way to test the new solenoid to determine whether it is defective?
Next, , my entire fuse box is dead!!!! With the key off and battery cutoff switch on, the fuse box is dead in every fuse. When the key is turned to on, I have no panel lights, no warning lights, no courtesy lights - the only lite is the bud in the liquor store down on the corner. Again, every fuse is dead. What could be wrong. I did change the underdash wiring loom to an a/c tach loom purchased from Perogies. Do you suppose I have the fuse box turned around in the engine compartment so that when I plugged it in, I did not line up the pins. Should I unplug the fuse box in the engine compartment and test for juice at the pins? Or, does the engine compartment half of the fuse box only plug in in one alignment (which I recall being the case). It's been about a year since I messed with that part of the job. Perhaps I need to change pin locations in the fuse block now that I have a/c and a tach?
Now the wrinkle, I have a Jacobs pro-street computer ignition system/coil. Perhaps I hooked that up incorrectly. I will call Jacobs tomorrow and learn what I can. I have the Petronix ignitor in the dist. so maybe I did not hook the system up correctly. Still, however, I would think I would have juice in the fuse box.
I am going to post separately the weird steering column deal I am experiencing. Really weird. If someone can solve my problem and I can get out to Anaheim for the Knottsberry farm deal, I'll buy you dinner! HELP please.
I expect I will be posting daily over the next couple of days until I can get the engine running. Please be patient with me. It's been 4 years of working on this car and it is now my daily driver.
Thanks.
sure it's fun, but it's only a car.
Next, , my entire fuse box is dead!!!! With the key off and battery cutoff switch on, the fuse box is dead in every fuse. When the key is turned to on, I have no panel lights, no warning lights, no courtesy lights - the only lite is the bud in the liquor store down on the corner. Again, every fuse is dead. What could be wrong. I did change the underdash wiring loom to an a/c tach loom purchased from Perogies. Do you suppose I have the fuse box turned around in the engine compartment so that when I plugged it in, I did not line up the pins. Should I unplug the fuse box in the engine compartment and test for juice at the pins? Or, does the engine compartment half of the fuse box only plug in in one alignment (which I recall being the case). It's been about a year since I messed with that part of the job. Perhaps I need to change pin locations in the fuse block now that I have a/c and a tach?
Now the wrinkle, I have a Jacobs pro-street computer ignition system/coil. Perhaps I hooked that up incorrectly. I will call Jacobs tomorrow and learn what I can. I have the Petronix ignitor in the dist. so maybe I did not hook the system up correctly. Still, however, I would think I would have juice in the fuse box.
I am going to post separately the weird steering column deal I am experiencing. Really weird. If someone can solve my problem and I can get out to Anaheim for the Knottsberry farm deal, I'll buy you dinner! HELP please.
I expect I will be posting daily over the next couple of days until I can get the engine running. Please be patient with me. It's been 4 years of working on this car and it is now my daily driver.
Thanks.
sure it's fun, but it's only a car.
