Hello all,
I’m brand new here - this is my first post.

A couple of months ago, I acquired a 1965 Galaxie 500 XL. She’s a convertible and has the 352 motor. I drove her home with the intent on freshening her up a little to have a nice weekend cruiser.
At one point, she wouldn’t start. I put a brand new battery and alternator in her and she started just fine. I just finished a front brake drum to disc conversion and now she won’t start. The battery is fully charged but there’s nothing electrical working with the exception of the pump for the convertible hydraulic pump. There’s no headlights, taillights, dash lights, no clicking of the starter solenoid, nada - just the hydraulic pump. I’ve replace the voltage regulator, starter solenoid, and starter (was planning on that anyways). I’ve checked all the grounds I can find. It seems that I just left a wire off when I was working on the brakes, but if I did, I can’t find it. I’ve not check the neutral safety switch but that is next on my list. I’m just a bit baffled about the loss of nearly all circuits at the same time.
Any ideas?
Thanks,
Matt

 

Usually a hot feed comes from the battery. positive terminal and goes to the fuse panel,. If you have a test light you can trace any wires and see where they go and if they have power..
Most times that power is taken from the starter relay and goes into the vehicle where it then goes through the fuse panel to supply other parts.

Since you replaced the starter solenoid, did you place one of the wires on the wrong large terminal..?

 

Traced everything from solenoid to the firewall - turns out one of those connections (which I thought I had previously checked) was loose. Cleaned the connections and she started right up.
Thanks - I appreciate the input

 

Thank You for the update.