John, Jeffery, and Allan,
Thanks so much for your input. Here's what I discovered.
I disconnected the battery and used a multimeter to measure the ohms between
the connectors to the battery as you suggested. I got 0 ohms. I started
removing fuses. Still 0 ohms. I finally disconnected the battery from the
started solenoid, and still got 0 ohms. At that point I figured it had to
be the air door power that comes right off the battery. When I disconnected
that, I finally registered a high degree of resistance.
I thought I had solved the problem. However, when I reconnected all the
wires to the starter solenoid, I once again got 0 ohms. When I remove the
small (Maybe 8 gauge) red wire from the solenoid that disappears into the
harness behind the engine, I once again read high resistance.
So the air doors have a problem, and there is some problem somewhere along
that mysterious red wire. Any thoughts where to go from here?
Oh, and the car is a '74.
Thanks again,
Rod
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