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Originally Posted by 433lemans

Neutral start safety switch gone bad? Not sure how that affects any lights tho. When you say "no lights" is it dome light and/or headlights?

I went into the garage and it started right up for one second and then nothing ever since.no changes except black widow mufflers

[242177P]

Originally Posted by [email protected]

no changes except black widow mufflers

I don't suppose, by any chance, an exhaust shop did some welding?

[Baron Von Zeppelin]

I screwed up on where to run the hot wire to the coil .
Run it to the + positive pole on the coil.
They usually have the poles marked with + and -

Very sorry about that misguide !
Negative side goes to the points in the distributor , or to read dwell with a dwell meter.

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Originally Posted by 242177P

I don't suppose, by any chance, an exhaust shop did some welding?

No sir

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But some good news i ran a jumper wire from my battery to the fuse box and the lites and with the key in on position the car turns over.must be a fuse or a wire ground been sick .when I feel better I will start tracing