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Old Dec 29, 2011 | 09:02 PM
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A Few Electrical Issues

Ok , so I have been doing some different mods and upgrades to the truck(87 Bronco 351 carb motor). today I put the battery in and didnt have any power to the column. I had a dome light , but , no volt meter or dash lights.

I have done a 3 G upgrade. I also installed an MSD module, new dizzy and coil. I did away with the duraspark stuff. I dont know if I have found the right wire to plug the remote for the new module into. It didnt give the voltage to the module. In order to get the truck to start I had to run the remote to the battery too and supply power to the remote on the starter relay to crank it.

There doesnt seem to be any power at the ignition switch or column and going back out into the engine. The directions for the module didnt say to use any of the empty plugs that went to the duraspark originally. So those plugs (two terminal & 4 terminal) were not reconnected to anything.

What wire is supposed to supply the volt meter and what wire is supposed to feed the column?
 
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Old Dec 29, 2011 | 10:12 PM
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Did you disconnect the column harness for any reason?
 
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Old Dec 29, 2011 | 10:18 PM
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Also I fried one of the fusible links at the starter solenoid and I couldn't get any interior power.
 
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