Can't get power or start car

1972 CHEVROLET CHEVELLE
180,000 MILES
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JOSHMARTINEZ737
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Checked everything! Starter, battery, spark plugs, distributer cap, altanater put gas ect but there is no power inside car and when I turn the ignition absolutely nothing happenes!! What can it be?? I tried for hours trying to figure it out and still nothing I know the engine is not seized because when I bridge the starter with metal the inging cranks but it won't start
May 15, 2013 at 11:31 PM
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CARADIODOC
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Start by checking the fuse link wires. GM put them down by the starter. They tap off the larger battery cable terminal. Tug on them a little. If they act like a wire, they're okay. If one acts like a rubber band, it's burned open and must be replaced. They can corrode off too. If the wire can be scraped clean a new terminal can be soldered on.
May 15, 2013 at 11:38 PM