no power anywhere
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73 dart 318. pulled into the garage & heard a slight pop I believe & the car went completely dead. Battery is OK. where should I start for the problem/open? thank you for your time. RR
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Re: no power anywhere
[Re: RapidRobert]
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04/24/23 09:23 AM
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The fusible link would be my first thought. But they usually smoke some as they die.
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Re: no power anywhere
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do they just pop for no reason on occaision or is there a strong possibility of a dead short somewhere?
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Re: no power anywhere
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04/24/23 10:28 AM
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Will do bro, thank you. I was hoping that maybe with the battery being low that it went to full charge voltage & popped it.
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Re: no power anywhere
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04/24/23 01:46 PM
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I had a resto voltage regulator pop cruising down the road. Blew some stuff out of the case so I knew that was it. Made a loud sound when it went. Luckily I carry a spare so it was a five minute deal.
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Re: no power anywhere
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04/24/23 02:02 PM
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I had a resto voltage regulator pop cruising down the road. Blew some stuff out of the case so I knew that was it. Made a loud sound when it went. Luckily I carry a spare so it was a five minute deal. That wouldn't kill all the power everywhere in the car.
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Re: no power anywhere
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I had a resto voltage regulator pop cruising down the road. Blew some stuff out of the case so I knew that was it. Made a loud sound when it went. Luckily I carry a spare so it was a five minute deal. That wouldn't kill all the power everywhere in the car. but it could be the cause of the fusible link blowing.
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Re: no power anywhere
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I had a resto voltage regulator pop cruising down the road. Blew some stuff out of the case so I knew that was it. Made a loud sound when it went. Luckily I carry a spare so it was a five minute deal. That wouldn't kill all the power everywhere in the car. but it could be the cause of the fusible link blowing. If it had the poster should have mentioned that and it would not have been a 5 minute fix either. But since it's a fused circuit past the fusible link I would doubt it, generally.
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Re: no power anywhere
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04/24/23 06:24 PM
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I had a fusible link go for no reason and kill all power. First time it happened left me stranded and scratching my head because everything else checked out good.
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Re: no power anywhere
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04/24/23 06:29 PM
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73 dart 318. pulled into the garage & heard a slight pop I believe & the car went completely dead. Battery is OK. where should I start for the problem/open? thank you for your time. RR What do you mean "went completely dead"? No cranking, no park/headlights?
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Re: no power anywhere
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04/24/23 07:31 PM
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I had that issue on a 73 truck. The fusible link was corroded in half. Where it waz on the fenderwell collected water.
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Re: no power anywhere
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do they just pop for no reason on occaision or is there a strong possibility of a dead short somewhere? After 50 years....yes, they can go with no warning. Have had it happen. Just splice an in line fuse in there and have a handful of 20 amp fuses handy. I had an alternator short out inside and take out my original fusible link last year. To find it, I unplugged all the bulkhead connections and plugged them in one at a time. The in line fuse and several fuses quickly found the culprit. So, sometimes the link finally fails and sometimes something takes it out. IF that is even the problem. But what else can shut down the entire electrical system like that?
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Re: no power anywhere
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04/25/23 08:53 AM
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Years ago my 73 Chrysler had problems with the harness under the steering column Seems they liked to burn All power would go out and when played with would come back on.IIRC it wasa problem with them
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Re: no power anywhere
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do they just pop for no reason on occaision or is there a strong possibility of a dead short somewhere? After 50 years....yes, they can go with no warning. Have had it happen. Just splice an in line fuse in there and have a handful of 20 amp fuses handy. I had an alternator short out inside and take out my original fusible link last year. To find it, I unplugged all the bulkhead connections and plugged them in one at a time. The in line fuse and several fuses quickly found the culprit. So, sometimes the link finally fails and sometimes something takes it out. IF that is even the problem. But what else can shut down the entire electrical system like that? They should be time-delay fuses to simulate how a fusible link functions.
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Re: no power anywhere
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do they just pop for no reason on occaision or is there a strong possibility of a dead short somewhere? After 50 years....yes, they can go with no warning. Have had it happen. Just splice an in line fuse in there and have a handful of 20 amp fuses handy. I had an alternator short out inside and take out my original fusible link last year. To find it, I unplugged all the bulkhead connections and plugged them in one at a time. The in line fuse and several fuses quickly found the culprit. So, sometimes the link finally fails and sometimes something takes it out. IF that is even the problem. But what else can shut down the entire electrical system like that? They should be time-delay fuses to simulate how a fusible link functions. For glass fuses there are some that are slo-blo, and ones that can take a certain % overload before opening... Just my $0.02...
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