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06-03-2023, 03:29 PM | #1 |
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1948 Ford have power but nothing else
Have power from battery to solenoid, to coil, to reg., and relay horn switch, ignition switch. Have no contact from starter button, no lights nothing. checked ground from battery cable to block and from firewall to block. looking for some answers and help.
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06-03-2023, 03:41 PM | #2 |
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Re: 1948 Ford have power but nothing else
At the solenoid, the main power wire is hooked to the side with the - battery cable. From there it goes to the ammeter, then on to the lighting circuit breakers at the upper driver side firewall behind the parking brake lever. From there power is distributed to the other circuits.
A link to VanPelt's drawing: http://www.vanpeltsales.com/FH_web/F...1946-48car.jpg Terry
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06-04-2023, 08:59 AM | #3 |
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Re: 1948 Ford have power but nothing else
You may have more than one issue. The starter circuit is pretty straightforward. If you have power to solenoid try jumping it to see if starter engages. If it does you either have a bad solenoid or starter button lost its ground. Apply ground to small solenoid terminal and if starter engages that tells you it’s either the button or wire at fault.
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06-04-2023, 09:43 AM | #4 |
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Re: 1948 Ford have power but nothing else
Did it run before and this is a new issue or is this an new restoration?
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06-04-2023, 03:33 PM | #5 |
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Re: 1948 Ford have power but nothing else
small post in the center of your sol. should activate the starter if you temp. ground it. Neg cable from the battery should be attached to oposi9t. side of your soll. from the starter cable. Should be a heavy gauge wire from that side of the Sol. that goes to a breaker behind the firewall.
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06-04-2023, 10:58 PM | #6 |
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Re: 1948 Ford have power but nothing else
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Don't get overwhelmed by the entire wiring system. Break this down into sections, starting with the starter circuit. Get it working and then move onto the next section. Watch a Youtube video on using "voltage drop testing" to find open spots or high resistance in circuits. I cannot mention this enough, this how you fix this stuff fast. Watch several of these voltages drop videos until it makes since. What nobody ever explains to you is why the meter reads voltage while energising the circuit. It's because voltage is like water "pressure". Normally that pressure would flow through the good circuit and not try and flow through the meter, the cicruit has less resistance than the meter and the meter would read zero voltage. If there is a blockage in the circuit (resistance) that voltage "pressure "tries to find a way around the resistance and then goes through the meter and you get a voltage reading. If you see a voltage reading more than .1V to .2V on a wire or connection, you have a problem located between the two contact points of the meter. It might be a little more of a drop voltage across the starter solenoid or a switch. If you have 12.6V at the battery terminals and then activate the starter circuit you should be able to take your voltage meter leads and place them along the circuit, across the ends of every cable, wire, switch and components and record each voltage drop. They "must all" add up to the 12.6V. If not, there is still resistance you need to find. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMXENKujYtc&t=3s Last edited by Flathead Fever; 06-04-2023 at 11:27 PM. |
06-05-2023, 10:56 AM | #7 |
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Re: 1948 Ford have power but nothing else
I had a similar problem. The battery cables at the ends had become corroded (hidden by black elec tape by previous owner). Physically ck them out.
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06-22-2023, 09:32 AM | #8 |
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Re: 1948 Ford have power but nothing else
Your right, that was the problem
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