No battery power

[Wheels of Terror]

My 74 has no battery power what so ever. I'm not even getting any accessories at all.  It has a new battery. The battery is good and charged. I did check it, and yes the cables are connected and in good condition. Is there a fusible link somewhere that shuts off all power to the car?  This happened over night. The Charger started fine yesterday. I had paid for both of my Chargers to go to a Mopar show and swap meet tomorrow, so any and all help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance !!!

[FLG]

Theres a fusable link by the starter relay..search the forum im sure "nacho" has a drawing in a post as to exactaly where it is. Also wire brush all the battery connections.

[71_deputy]

after that- check the bulkhead connection!

[Paul G]

Check the negative cable connection on the engine block. If you have a volt meter or test light check from the battery positive terminal with one test lead, and go to the block with the other. Should read battery voltage. If not you have a bad negative cable.

Test for voltage at the start relay. The relay is on the drivers side firewall above the brake booster. It has 2 big wires with studs and nuts and 2 small ones that push on. The power to the inside of the car comes from one of the bigger wires. Check these wires good and see if there is a fusible link on one of them that has blown open. It will smell, feel mushy inside the wire, or crumble. This wire is connected to the battery positive (the smaller wire at the battery positive cable) on one end at at the starter relay at the other. It should have voltage all the time. If you have voltage on this wire at the start relay check for voltage at the fuse block. Should be a "bat" auxiliary terminal on the fuse block you can check.

If no voltage at the fuse box you have an open circuit in the wire from the start relay to the fuse box. This wire goes from the start relay to a terminal post on the amp gauge first. The amp gauge has 2 terminal posts. Then from other terminal post on the amp gauge to the fuse box. The 2 places this wire will open is at the bulkhead connector and the amp meter. Either one will cause this. You need to lay on your back under the dash to get to the amp gauge, and pull the radio out. If the amp gauge is bad causing the open circuit just bypass it by putting the 2 wire terminals on one post, or by bolting them together with a small nut and bolt and taping them up. 

Good luck at the show.

[Wheels of Terror]

I will check the fusible link and wiring to the starter relay. Like I had said before, the battery is new and the cables are good as well. No corrosion at all. I didn't get to bring the 74 to the show because I couln't find the problem. It was a great show. There were (3!!!!) real 440 71' real Hemi Charger Super Bees there. I'll post pics. Thanks for your help AGAIN guys!!

[Nacho-RT74]

long time WOT !!!!!

if you don't have power ANYWHERE you have just one option, check wire from batt to stater relay, then fuse link up to bulkhead conector, located on engine harness, and then internally from there up to ammeter. That's a just oen run wire without splice.

then from the other amm stud is feeded everything on black wire what contains a splice to get everything feeded

[Nacho-RT74]

http://www.dodgecharger.com/forum/index.php/topic,35199.0.html

pretty generic without specify extra equipment, just basic.

fuse link is originally blue, but I made it red on these diagrams just by mistake

[Wheels of Terror]

Well, well well! I knew you'd chime in you Third Gen God!   There was a plastic in line fuse connected to the fusible link,towards the connector block that was falling apart. It is fixed now.  :cheers Paul, Deputy, LFG, and Nacho, a BIG thanks to you guys for your help. I was thinking that the it was somewhere under the hacked up Rallye dash.