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01-30-2005, 12:21 PM
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Was having problems with starting my car a few weeks back and figured out it was a bas voltage regulator, so this weekend I installed the voltage regulator from my 71 gmc and my 65 catalina started right up. I let her run for about 20 mins at idle and then decided totake her down the street when all electrical and the motor all of a sudden died.I tried starting it again with nothing. the starter doesn't click over, I get no power to the dash or radio.It almost seems like the whole system got fried somehow. It all shutoff as soon as I got it backed out of the driveway and was going to put it into drive.I thought maybe it was a bad ignition switch because I was having problems with it before, but I thought I fixed it.Could a bad switch cause a loss of power everywhere? I ckecked the back of the switch and I'm reading 12 volts but for some reason its not getting anywhere.So for now i'm at a loss. I even thought it might have been the voltage regulator from the gmc but it had started fine before with no problems. Any ideas would be appreciated.
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01-30-2005, 12:21 PM
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Was having problems with starting my car a few weeks back and figured out it was a bas voltage regulator, so this weekend I installed the voltage regulator from my 71 gmc and my 65 catalina started right up. I let her run for about 20 mins at idle and then decided totake her down the street when all electrical and the motor all of a sudden died.I tried starting it again with nothing. the starter doesn't click over, I get no power to the dash or radio.It almost seems like the whole system got fried somehow. It all shutoff as soon as I got it backed out of the driveway and was going to put it into drive.I thought maybe it was a bad ignition switch because I was having problems with it before, but I thought I fixed it.Could a bad switch cause a loss of power everywhere? I ckecked the back of the switch and I'm reading 12 volts but for some reason its not getting anywhere.So for now i'm at a loss. I even thought it might have been the voltage regulator from the gmc but it had started fine before with no problems. Any ideas would be appreciated.
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01-30-2005, 08:59 PM
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Do your lights work? If nothing works, the main feed from the battery to the dash is open. Since you have a big car, perhaps the ammeter shunt went bad or a poor connection of the main feesd at the starter.
George
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02-02-2005, 06:48 AM
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Check your grounds
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02-02-2005, 08:44 AM
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This happened to me last year in my 68. My problem was in the fuse block main wire connection. Apparently the connector in the fuse block rusted or corroded to an extent that only applying pressure to the contact would connect power. Got another fuse block at the bone yard and all is well now.
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02-02-2005, 02:22 PM
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I had the same problem on my '66 GTO. The electrical harness that plugs into the firewall behind the master cylinder was loose.
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