No Start Issue...

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BigBlue87

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Hey guys. Had to take a break from swearing and throwing tools at the old girl for a few minutes, so I figured id see what you all think is going on here.
Its an 87 V10 Chevy. 350 TBI.

I was having a friend bump over my engine so I could set #1 cyl on TDC. He was bumping it over rather quickly, and then we lost all power. No dash lights, interior light etc. All fuses are good

When I disconnect the wires from my junction block on the firewall, I get good voltage and my interior lights and headlights will come back on. Other than that, the entire truck is dead. The small red wire with fusible link at the junction box has no power and the large red wire at the box (which has the fusible link near the starter, has power.

Where would you start leaning towards diagnosing? fried a fusible link or the starter solenoid? Ive never lost all my power in the truck due to a starter solenoid before though....

Time to dig through the wiring diagrams... blah!
 

BigBlue87

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Well its fixed. Traced it to a ground in the ignition switch. Smacked the steering column a few times and its working fine now.... smh... Looks like a new ignition switch will be on the to do list now.

Such a love/hate relationship with this truck!
 

Oldrider

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Glad you got it.
Was it a wire or inside the switch itself?
 

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