no power?

mystery · 11-11-2013, 03:55 PM

Finally got my 85 running and went out to crank and tune the carb last week and when I went to crank it battery started smoking on the positive side and ended up taking out my battery... so I put a new one in it and now I have no power at all... checked my fuse box under the dash all are good and I found my manuel and its mentioning something about fusable links so I checked those and I dont see burning or anything abnormal for a wire connection 30+ years old. Any ideas??

JL1RX7 · 11-11-2013, 04:30 PM

Check/replace your terminals. It might have smoked checked them out. Check all fuses and go from there.

mystery · 11-11-2013, 04:34 PM

Checked all that. What was smoking was the cable that was melting into another wire. Something shorted cause when I tested my old battery it had 35% on it which should have been enough to move the dash guages...

mystery · 11-15-2013, 11:38 AM

So I got to take a look at it today finally and came across a frayed wire goin into the starter. Got it replaced and theres still no juice. Dash wont even lightup...im puzzled.. [img] http://s1348.photobucket.com/user/my...bile%20Uploads [img]

mystery · 11-15-2013, 06:16 PM

Sorry about the tripple post but after talking to atkins rotary and making a stop by my local dealership ive comeup with a possible cause and only place I can find it is in Pennsylvania part number is FA56-66-760 and its called the main fuse case is what the dealership called it located on the driverstrut tower with a direct line into the battery. And it cause nothing to work no power at all from what atkins told me. So after I get it ill update to let everyone kno if its my issue.

mystery · 11-19-2013, 04:36 PM

Problem was fixed by replacing the fuse case.

GySgtFrank · 11-19-2013, 04:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mystery

Problem was fixed by replacing the fuse case.

Glad to hear you got it figured out.

11-11-2013, 03:55 PM	#1
mystery Rotary Fan in Training Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 91 Rep Power: 13	no power? Finally got my 85 running and went out to crank and tune the carb last week and when I went to crank it battery started smoking on the positive side and ended up taking out my battery... so I put a new one in it and now I have no power at all... checked my fuse box under the dash all are good and I found my manuel and its mentioning something about fusable links so I checked those and I dont see burning or anything abnormal for a wire connection 30+ years old. Any ideas??

11-11-2013, 04:30 PM	#2
JL1RX7 Rotary Fanatic Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Front Royal, VA Posts: 487 Rep Power: 18	Check/replace your terminals. It might have smoked checked them out. Check all fuses and go from there.

11-11-2013, 04:34 PM	#3
mystery Rotary Fan in Training Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 91 Rep Power: 13	Checked all that. What was smoking was the cable that was melting into another wire. Something shorted cause when I tested my old battery it had 35% on it which should have been enough to move the dash guages...

11-15-2013, 11:38 AM	#4
mystery Rotary Fan in Training Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 91 Rep Power: 13	So I got to take a look at it today finally and came across a frayed wire goin into the starter. Got it replaced and theres still no juice. Dash wont even lightup...im puzzled.. [img] http://s1348.photobucket.com/user/my...bile%20Uploads [img]

11-15-2013, 06:16 PM	#5
mystery Rotary Fan in Training Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 91 Rep Power: 13	Sorry about the tripple post but after talking to atkins rotary and making a stop by my local dealership ive comeup with a possible cause and only place I can find it is in Pennsylvania part number is FA56-66-760 and its called the main fuse case is what the dealership called it located on the driverstrut tower with a direct line into the battery. And it cause nothing to work no power at all from what atkins told me. So after I get it ill update to let everyone kno if its my issue.

11-19-2013, 04:36 PM	#6
mystery Rotary Fan in Training Join Date: Dec 2012 Posts: 91 Rep Power: 13	Problem was fixed by replacing the fuse case.