Hello all,
Background: New battery. I ran some power checks (with a light tester) to see where I was getting power. Power going to ignition coil seemed intermittent...it didn't have power one day and had power the next. I took off old ignition coil, tested resistance and had an open circuit betweet terminals. Bought a new coil and installed. Car did fire twice but never started. Ran some spark checks on plugs and ignition wire (center wire on distributer) and no sparks. Checked power to coil...nothing. Now when I put the key in the ignition and turn to run there is no power at all. No lights, radio, etc. Battery is fully charged still (put it on a charger). Ballast resister is good (had a new one I tested). I did attempt to crank it by jumping the switch/relay on the firewall using a screwdriver to bridge. It cranked, but no sparks.
Just from chatting with others, they have suggested checking the fuses. They all looked fine, but I'll check the ends to make sure they are still intact and don't spin. Could just be hard to see the break if it's come away from one of the fuse ends.
Possibly the voltage regulator? Wanted to get some opinions before starting tracing the wires from the battery onward.