So what did I fry?

[patrickt]

Originally Posted by Double Venom

One guy here that I saw mentioned a "fused link". (A 16 ga. (+/-) that is wired into the starting system and is made to burn threw for cases just like this.)

That was me -- RTSTRACK, just in case you don't know what a fusible link looks like, here is a shot of some. Just keep your eye out for something that looks a little different from the other wires and then investigate. Of course the way you test it is with a cheapo VOM from Radio Shack. Always buy the cheapest one they sell because you will drop them on the cement, or accidentally check resistance on a hot wire, and the cheap ones don't cost much more than the little fuses that go in them.

[rtstrack]

Hours surfing the web to diagnose the problem - 3
Forums posted on to find the answer - 2
Trips to Advance Auto - 5
Batteries used to "double check" that it wasn't the battery - 3
Total parts replaced -4
Hours spent in the garage - 10
Hours spent listening to my wife BIT*H that I screwed up the car - 5
The sound of my beast coming back to life - PRICELESS


Thanks for everyones help on this. There was NO WAY i would have figured this out without your help and guidance. In the end I did end up doing EVERYTHING myself and learned a great deal about my cars electrical system. It turned out to by the MSD unit. A very expensive lesson to learn.
Thanks again to everyone for thier help.

[Blas]

Just send it in to MSD be repaired as a backup...very reasonable to fix...probably just the internal fuse....$35.00 MAX to be like new....

[khansmith]

I did this very same thing last summer and felt like a big idiot. The MSD has a fusible link inside. After checking/replacing all my fuses and buying a new MSD box (You can send in the old to have it fixed...I am going to do that later for another project), car started up fine.