ended very quietly, electrical grimlins Options

[karmanbuilt]

Hi all, hope everyone had a good summer. Mine ended very quietly, like when you turn the key and nothing. I've gone thru this before, and know the drill. Bad ign. switch, or starter. New Bosch starter 4/12, new ignition switch 3/12. Drove most of the summer without trouble, and have heat shield on starter. Took off the starter, and had the local FLAPS check it out.....good. Ordered two (2) ign. switch from AA. Installed one, nothing. Knowing that these are cheap Chinese parts, installed the second....same thing. All I get is red (alt) light, and pump turning. Now my blower fan won't work, and I know both the fan, and pump share the same relay and fuse at the relay is good! Ground strap at trans good! Checked past posts on this problem without any sucess. What now, am I having a gray moment (IMG:style_emoticons/default/hissyfit.gif) ??

[karmanbuilt]

brp986s: Battery voltage 12.67, question: for a button switch do you bleave the yellow wire on the solenoid & use another tab on the solenoid, or apply +12 on yellow wire?

mburkhart: cleaned all positive wires and both posts

tim nd: year is '76, seat belt interlock relasy wired up (heavy yellow wires). Also nothing on pin 1 w/key on, but +12.67 on pin 12 & 14 , key off. What feeds voltage to pin 1, and where did it go?

haudiosolutions: everything is tight & clean on the battery posts. Tho I was thinking of putting an in line fuse on each of four red wires.

hcdmueller: back of relay board good. Did find loose wire on 3 wire plug next to regulator(recrimpted). And red wire 16ga. I think, not seating all the way down on regulator plug....no difference when key switched.

Thanks fellow club members for all your input. Will go back at it, but at 66, don't know how much longer I can keep chasing problems on these cars. I might be ready for a golf cart (IMG:style_emoticons/default/lol-2.gif)