Never had an electrical issue before.
Stock 1967 Satellite with 383, column automatic.

Started the car, fired right up as always. Put it in Reverse, backed out of the garage. Halfway out, the car just suddenly, completely and totally quit without warning. Engine stopped, lights out, no power anywhere...

- Bad ignition switch?
- Is there a fusible link on these? I don't see one.

WARNING: I am an electrical moron, but I have a voltmeter and the wiring diagram, and the battery shows 12.8V. I can read the wire colors, so I think I can do this..

Do I want to trace 12V power from the battery positive out to the firewall connector and on to the ignition switch, starter relay(?) and maybe the Charge/Discharge gauge..? so, I leave the battery connected, put the positive probe on the wire and touch the negative probe to ground, and I should read 12V right?

- What if I close an open circuit, like on the starer relay? Won't that fry the voltmeter?

That frightens me.

As long as there is no load on any electrical circuit, I'm not going to blow up my voltmeter or cause an electrical fire right?

Thanks for any suggestions,
- Art

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