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69 roadrunner 383 tried cranking it and timing was off and heard a pop or backfire,smell a burning smell,but tried to crank car after it did try to crank and all lights was working then,but day after, open door and no power at all everything is dead,check battery its good,check fuses they are good,fuse box is good, suggestions please. nothing is on. thanks
 
First, if you replaced the distributor & now it won't fire (assuming you had "something" to re-align the distributor at least close), then maybe you're 180-degrees off, meaning the engine hits top-dead-center (on the crank pulley) TWICE while #1 cylinder fires ONCE. To fix this, take off the distributor cap & look at the rotor. Loosen distributor hold down a lot, lift up distributor about 1", turn rotor to point in the exact opposite direction & put everything back together.

For your "no power anywhere" issue, there is a blue wire that exits the bulkhead disconnect (huge group of 3 multi-wire plugs inboard from the master cylinder on the firewall). That blue wire is the main power wire for the whole engine (maybe check for 12V there). That wire comes from the ignition switch & I think all the power goes through there, so maybe check the wires going in/out of the ignition switch by looking at a wiring diagram & unplugging the 5-6 wire plug at the far bottom of the steering column inside the car. Also, there is "main power wire" that comes from the alternator (?) and goes into that same cluster of 3 multi-wire plugs & I think winds its way into the back of your amp-meter that is supposed to burn out a lot, especially where it goes through the firewall. Many people (like me) run a second very large wire with a 70A-100A in-line fuse along that same path to protect that wire. I think there's also another better way to do the same thing, but I can't recall.

The most basic approach is to follow a wiring diagram, starting with the battery, and just follow the "+" until you don't get any power. Battery --> bulkhead connector --> ignition switch --> bulkhead connector --> ?

Hope This Helps....
 
Try checking the fuseable link at the bulk head connector.
there is no fusible link at the bulk head,i am going to replace all harnesses with new ones.
 
I'm glad somebody can make sense of his non-punctuated gibberish, cause I sure can't. Just sayin
 
First, if you replaced the distributor & now it won't fire (assuming you had "something" to re-align the distributor at least close), then maybe you're 180-degrees off, meaning the engine hits top-dead-center (on the crank pulley) TWICE while #1 cylinder fires ONCE. To fix this, take off the distributor cap & look at the rotor. Loosen distributor hold down a lot, lift up distributor about 1", turn rotor to point in the exact opposite direction & put everything back together.

For your "no power anywhere" issue, there is a blue wire that exits the bulkhead disconnect (huge group of 3 multi-wire plugs inboard from the master cylinder on the firewall). That blue wire is the main power wire for the whole engine (maybe check for 12V there). That wire comes from the ignition switch & I think all the power goes through there, so maybe check the wires going in/out of the ignition switch by looking at a wiring diagram & unplugging the 5-6 wire plug at the far bottom of the steering column inside the car. Also, there is "main power wire" that comes from the alternator (?) and goes into that same cluster of 3 multi-wire plugs & I think winds its way into the back of your amp-meter that is supposed to burn out a lot, especially where it goes through the firewall. Many people (like me) run a second very large wire with a 70A-100A in-line fuse along that same path to protect that wire. I think there's also another better way to do the same thing, but I can't recall.

The most basic approach is to follow a wiring diagram, starting with the battery, and just follow the "+" until you don't get any power. Battery --> bulkhead connector --> ignition switch --> bulkhead connector --> ?

Hope This Helps....

I'm glad somebody can make sense of his non-punctuated gibberish, cause I sure can't. Just sayin
 
problem solved with help from purple beeper,wire from starter relay to bulkhead the contact from bulk head was not engaging the inner bulkhead.power came back on as normal.
 
Good goin'!
Bunch of times on these things, simply one step at a time. Don't worry about it. You'll get it, and learn more than you EVER wanted to know about it. That's what it takes. No such thing as a dumb question...if you don't know...you don't. Not everybody is a blasted 'expert' on these things. All you can do is try, and be willing to help yourself!

btw...nice looking ride!
 
Good goin'!
Bunch of times on these things, simply one step at a time. Don't worry about it. You'll get it, and learn more than you EVER wanted to know about it. That's what it takes. No such thing as a dumb question...if you don't know...you don't. Not everybody is a blasted 'expert' on these things. All you can do is try, and be willing to help yourself!

btw...nice looking ride!
thanks miller, i appreciate all your advice on my questions,you are right you better ask questions,i have got so much information from fbbo by asking and i am learning more about mopar cars. thanks
 
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