Awesome info,

Thanks Steve and Dave,

Will try my luck tonight.

I'm experiencing the exact same issue with my '73. It ran fine until I had a battery short out Sunday due to a long period of storage and a quick charge. I put in a new battery, and just like grnsky, I have brake lights, but no activity on key turn- no fuel pump, no anything. Also no headlights, running lights, dash lights. But the brake lights work! That seems to point to the ignition switch I would guess, but it's odd that all was well and now I've got nothing. Fuse block has all good fuses, I can't find any inline fuses, and it doesn't appear to have fusible links like my '74 had.

Let me know if there's anything else to check or if I need to go through the painful circuit by circuit process described above...

thanks in advance Dan

Dan,

Might be a good time to pull the Ammeter and inspect it. If you've checked all fuses, inline fuses and connections, the ammeter may have been destroyed internally. it is a possibility and I've seen it a few times.

You might wanna also pull the fuse box and look for unsoldered lines (wires that you can't see from above. Remember to disconnect the battery before pulling either one of those units.

Dave

Dan,

There is a fusible link. It comes off of the starter. That being said, follow Dave's advice carefully.

Thanks guys- quick question- which wire off of the starter is the fusible link? I can't seem to pinpoint it in order to test continuity. I'll also look into the ammeter idea as well. thanks again!

On the starter you should see the battery cable and a small black yellow wire going to the solenoid, the 10 gauge white wire coming from your engine harness should connect to a fusable link or hard-wired to the starter bolt that the battery cable is attached to.

9 times out of 10, the Previous owner has bypassed it or screwed with it somehow. Just look for a 1/4" thick wire coming out of your engine harness and going to your starter, bolted to the same bolt as the battery cable.

Dan, here is a picture of the fusible link on my 73. I bought this link from Mike McGinnis at Banzai Motorworks.

This reference saved me HOURS of help. THANKS SO MUCH!!!