1986 G20 No Power to anything
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1986 G20 No Power to anything
I have a 1986 G20 with the 5.0 and I went to fire it up for a camping trip and there was no power. I pulled the battery and hooked up jumper cables to my jeep and directly to the battery leads and still nothing. The lights don't come on, none of the alarm bells ding, and of course it doesn't start. I'm hoping it's something like a main fuse or relay that I can replace, but I don't know this vehicle very well so I'm not sure where to start. What I do know is that when I opened the hood I noticed that there was an aux wire that caused a short going from the positive terminal of the battery to the body of the van. The wire was still in good shape. It hadn't melted from too high of voltage passing through it but I suspect that's what caused this problem and is also what killed the battery. Any thoughts? Thanks for the help.
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I actually picked up a battery this afternoon since I'm assuming the old one is trashed. I'm not finding any bad fuses. I only found one relay and it was under the drive side dash by the fuse box and it is fine. Thoughts on where to go next?
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CF Monarch
When you say a wire from the positive terminal to the body of the van, do you mean going somewhere inside the van or do you mean to a metal part of the body? This wire could be the wire that powers the van. You did not say if the fuses were good or not. If this wire goes inside the van and is not grounded, it would need to be hooked back up to the positive terminal. Need more information.
#5
When you say a wire from the positive terminal to the body of the van, do you mean going somewhere inside the van or do you mean to a metal part of the body? This wire could be the wire that powers the van. You did not say if the fuses were good or not. If this wire goes inside the van and is not grounded, it would need to be hooked back up to the positive terminal. Need more information.
All of the fuses are fine. I pulled every single one, did a visual inspection, and then tested it for continuity with my volt meter. I'm still lost as to what to check next. Thanks.
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