That little harness on the battery terminals is non-standard as far as I am
aware, if it isn't connected to anything remove it.
Did you connect the jump leads to the battery terminals? If so and you
still had no electrical activity in the car then one or more connections
between the battery and the car is bad. Could be where the ground cable
from the battery bolts to the body, or where the battery cable bolts to the
solenoid (my 75 V8 also has a battery connection point under the floor, it
could be here as well).
Put a test lamp or meter on the battery posts. If it shows anything at all
track that through to the body and to the solenoid, otherwise you will have
to recharge the battery or connect the jump leads before you can start to
track it through. If you get it to the solenoid check at the bottom fuse,
if it gets through that ontop the purple then interior lights and horn
should be working. If that's OK track it through the brown to the ignition
switch and out on the white back to the 2nd fuse up on the fuse block, the
oil and the fuel pump.
One question on the jump leads - are you sure they were OK? The copper ones
are OK but the cheap aluminium ones go high-resistance.
PaulH.
http://freespace.virgin.net/paul.hunt1/
-----Original Message-----
From: Avi Flax <avi@pccdesign.com>
To: spridgets@autox.team.net <spridgets@autox.team.net>; mgs@autox.team.net
<mgs@autox.team.net>
Cc: Reuben Flax <thrjej@yahoo.com>
Date: 22 June 1999 05:20
Subject: Got the Bonnet Open! - Car won't start!
>Well I got the bonnet open, Thank you ever so much for all the really
helpful replies!! I really appreciate it! I am very thankful.
>
>What I did was take a wire hanger, make a small loop on the end, and I
fished it through the grill, grabbed the cable, and pulled it that way.
Works fine for now.
>
>Of course, the car still won't start. We tried jumping it with my Trans Am,
no matter what we just can't get anything electrical to work at all.
Nothing. Even with my Trans Am supplying the juice. We checked the fuses,
and the top one is out. The handbook said that that fuse is not for anything
important though. Anyone have any ideas on what's wrong? There is a little
wire on the top of the battery which is connected to both the positive and
negative terminals, and has a little harness, which isn't connected to
anything. Should it be?
>
>Thanks again!
>Avi
>
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