QuestionQUESTION: Aright last night when i went to start my car it started and shut off right away. Went to restart it and nothing and now dash doesnt get power. Car ran fine before. Its a 1989 Eldorado 4.5L
ANSWER: EXPLAIN: Went to restart it and nothing .
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QUESTION: Nothing happened. The blower fan comes on and nothing else happens. I checked the voltage on the wire running from the power side of the solenoid to make sure the fuseable link didnt go bad. It checked out fine.
ANSWER: Do you get battery voltage on the single PURPLE wire at the starter when you try and start the car ?.
Do you have headlights, stop lights, interior lights ?
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QUESTION: everything checks out fine. headlights, tail lights and brake lights and interior lights are all fine. i think it is a fuseable link elsewhere. will have to check them all. All i have to do is find the bad one and buy a fuse and put it in, right.
AnswerNO. A FUSIBLE LINK is a rubber covered wire about 3" long and has aluminum wire inside if it. The wire may appear OK from a visual look, But can be melted internally. Check both ends of the fusible link for battery voltage.
NEVER EVER check fuses with a TEST LIGHT as you can get a FALSE POSITIVE.
ALWAYS use a VOLT METER and make sure you have battery voltage of the EXACT SAME voltage on both side of the fuse.
