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You just lost me.... if you have a Ford engine.... or maybe you have an aftermarket starter?
Battery positive lead usually goes to one post of the starter relay (solenoid), and when the solenoid is energized by the ignition/start switch, power then goes to the starter.
The same post on the starter solenoid where the battery connects, should also have a wire going to the alternator charge output. There should also be a wire that then goes through the firewall and under the dash, to the fuse block.
This wire will power the switch for the head lights via a fuse, and possibly other devices like horn switch, brake light switch, and other circuits that are not controlled by the ignition switch.
It will also supply power to the "battery" terminal on the ignition switch, again usually through a fuse. The ignition switch should power things like the ignition box/coil, wipers, radio, and other things that only function when the ignition switch is ON. Another terminal on the ignition switch is the one that supplies power to the starter solenoid so you can start the engine.
Depending on how your car is wired, the above circuits may not always comform the way I outlined. But to make the engine run, you have to have power to the ignition switch.
Some cars use what are called fusable links. This is just of piece of small gauge wire in line with a larger gauge wire that will burn out when subjected to excessive current, like a short circuit. They are usually very close to the main battery feed, at the terminal on the starter solenoid. Maybe if all the fuses are good, you have a fuseable link that went out.
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Last edited by Cobra20646; 06-15-2004 at 08:03 PM..
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