Gomi

I'm rebuilding an 85 Camaro with my grand dad, had to take the starter off to swap the oil pan. We put it all back together and we got a few cranks out of it, now there Is no power to the cabin at all, no headlights, gauges, crank, nothing. I replaced all the fuses because they were all mismatched but to no avail. And I checked the fusible links coming from the starter, they looked old, but not melted or damaged in any way. Any ideas?

1985 Camaro F41 w/ 305 eng. Code H

sofakingdom

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Power at the big terminal of the starter where the batt cable goes?

Gomi

As far as I know, battery is fully charged and it's only a 12inch run of wire from the battery to the starter

OrangeBird

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sofakingdom

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And this is "known" ... HOW???

Measure, report. Don't waste our time until you have the measurement.

In these cars, the stock positive batt cable is around 42" long, since the batt is up by the radiator, and the starter is down at the bottom of the bolck. Not sure the exact length, butt, somewhere around there. So please explain how yours is the one and only car of our type with a 12" pos batt cable. There may be some wisdom buried in there somewhere.

ironwill

???

Gomi

Nobody is forcing you to reply, if you're time was wasted it's of your own volition. If you have a suggestion on what could cause my issue I'd love to hear it, but if you're just going to talk down to me then there's nothing else to discuss here

sofakingdom

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Nobody is forcing you to get your car running either.

Either YOU WANT to get help and advice, or YOU WANT to pretend you're so superior you don't need it, and YOU WANT to pull abuncha "don't talk to me like I mighta made a mistake". Meanwhile, your car sits in the driveway lifeless, while all of mine run and drive, because when MINE break, I have the intellectual humility to be HONEST about what might be wrong. Your choice. The ball is in your court. Swallow your ego and MEASURE, or, ... your car sits in the driveway.

My suggestion is to unwad your panties and rinse the sand outta your vagina, and TROUBLESHOOT instead of "Internet fix my car for me while I do nothing at all NOW!!!!!!!"

Gomi

Not exactly 12inch, but it is a very short run of wire and it doesn't T off to anything else

Gomi

Seeing as there is nothing for you to offer, there is no need to continue this conversation. Bless your heart, and have the day you deserve.

sofakingdom

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So, please explain to all of us, how you have THE ONLY 3RD GEN IN THE UNIVERSE, with a 12" positive batt cable. Pics would help to illustrate how you moved your battery to the neighborhood of your A/C evaporator, or, how you moved your starter up into the vicinity of the pass side headlight. One or the other. No other possibilities are possible. SOMEHOW you must have moved those 2 things within 12" of each other. Which is a MONUMENTAL accomplishment, at the very least; not only would I wish to stand in awe and applaud and even bow down, butt also, I may want to do it to MY car. Assuming of course, that you get it to work, somehow.

Someday. Obviously not today. Mañana perhaps.

So, until we peel back all the layers of BULL PLOP, those of us out here who KNOW HOW CARS WORK, will sit back and laugh. We'll only laugh "with" you, of course; while your car DOESN'T work, and ours DO. "With" you, of course; not "at" you. (much) Because of course, we're ALL very "woke" here, and not only tolerant, butt also respectful, even welcoming, of people who are ... different.

With no further ado, in the interest of the common good, I await your glorious enlightenment.

ironwill

We apparently have a failure to communicate here.

Post a couple of under hood pics of your car just like this one:

Gomi

Problem fixed, the brand new battery I bought was junk. A friend of mine tried to help me with his power probe and found the new battery despite being full charge and brand new had no power at the terminals. It worked for about 2months then just stopped. We put an old junk battery in and instantly got power back. I appreciate you trying to help tho, thank you.

Now that I have an account on here I'll probably post updated on my progress bringing this beauty back to life.

OrangeBird

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Dude, let's start out here with, , , , I'm not bustin your ballz here, I'm really not....I'm trying to help you better interact with this forum, so here goes;

What you have posted here makes absolutely no sense whatsoever, there is no way that the battery was fully charged, if it had no power at it's terminals! It's gotta be one or the other.

Posting incongruous statements such as what you've posted above are a sure way to have your posts either ignored or ridiculed, as you've already encountered.......

T.L.

Wow! That's a really CLEAN engine compartment...

ironwill

Thnx. Bought the car new in '86; that's how it has always looked since day 1.

I was attempting to get OP to post a pic from the same perspective as my pic in order to try to figure out what he was talking about and then attempt to advise him going forward.

I guess that ship has sailed.