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440roadrunner · 01-08-2008, 06:02 PM

You haven't given us much to go on

Was it working, and just quit?

What led you up to installing a new battery, or has the car been stored?

What do you have for test gear, a meter, a test light, etc

There is a fusable link, I'm not sure where it is on your car. Usually, they have a "tag" and are usually somewhere near the firewall mounted starter relay.

The big terminal at the alternator should be "hot" all the time. Was there any sparking or other suspicious goings-on?

The big terminal at the starter should be hot

At least one of the terminals at the firewall relay should be hot.

This is probably not "a fuse" because not just one of the fuses (unless it's the fusable link) will "kill" everything.

Also, make darn sure the battery terminals are CLEAN. I don't mean "just look clean" actually get a terminal brush and CLEAN them.

Long ago, in a previous life--before '73's were born, I put a new battery into my '57 Chivvy. The terminals "looked' clean. NOTHING nada zip. double aughts. Turned out to be oxidation on one of the new battery posts.

01-08-2008, 06:02 PM	#3 (permalink)
440roadrunner Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 274	You haven't given us much to go on Was it working, and just quit? What led you up to installing a new battery, or has the car been stored? What do you have for test gear, a meter, a test light, etc There is a fusable link, I'm not sure where it is on your car. Usually, they have a "tag" and are usually somewhere near the firewall mounted starter relay. The big terminal at the alternator should be "hot" all the time. Was there any sparking or other suspicious goings-on? The big terminal at the starter should be hot At least one of the terminals at the firewall relay should be hot. This is probably not "a fuse" because not just one of the fuses (unless it's the fusable link) will "kill" everything. Also, make darn sure the battery terminals are CLEAN. I don't mean "just look clean" actually get a terminal brush and CLEAN them. Long ago, in a previous life--before '73's were born, I put a new battery into my '57 Chivvy. The terminals "looked' clean. NOTHING nada zip. double aughts. Turned out to be oxidation on one of the new battery posts.