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Old Jun 15, 2003 | 11:43 AM
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Dead '91 V6 - no electrical power

Just went out to start car and move it to show a buyer. '91 w/V6 Nothing. No interior lights, headlights or dash lights. Put charger on it, nothing. Put charger to dome light and it lights up and you can here the soloniods click on. Put charger negative to body frame and battery terminal still nothing. 12V power to junction box by air intake with volt meter. Cleaned those contacts.
Cleaned battery contacts, weren't bad. Battery has 12V.
Was running fine last week and 4 days ago.
Don't see any burnt or broken wires.
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Old Jun 15, 2003 | 12:26 PM
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i hate the dang electrical shat, just go around with a tester, and see were the power stops, its proly a ground
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Old Jun 15, 2003 | 01:06 PM
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You have power at the battery, and no where else?

Check your fuses, grounds. Does the engine turn over? I'd say a short in the main system (battery to starter) or a blown fuse.
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Old Jun 17, 2003 | 10:50 AM
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Perhaps this will help....... I already had it uploaded online, but perhaps it will be a little help for you to get it running.

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Old Jun 18, 2003 | 08:56 AM
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Try giving it a jump with jumper cables that are in good shape. The guy I just mentioned (on Xopher's thread) that bought the 82 s10 w/350; we tried for hours to get the motor running with the seller's jumper cables. Came back the next day, my friend brought his own set, and the motor fired right up.

How old's the battery? A battery charger would have to sit for a lonnng time to charge the battery; unless you have one of those awesome jumper/chargers... I gotta get one someday; those things are amazing.
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