WTH: Headlights gone, dead engine

[scampbel98]

Driving along tonight having a great night.... no issues... until
coming up on a slight hill , nearly home... I lost everything, no lights, no dash, no radio - no nothin.
Coasted to a stop, called the house and had daughter park car behind me as I was in a bad spot with a black car.

Fiddled around a bit, initially nothing... looked around... tried again... turned over, no sparking.
Had dash lights and radio and such - no spark from coil. Ripped out a piece of wire from previous fog lights and used that to jump from headlight to coil. B+ no joy. tried other side - no joy. back to B+ on coil left lights in parking position. joy!!! engine turned over... turn the lights to headlights... engine dies.. hmmm.. tired again. put headlights in parking position, engine would start (remember jumped from headlights) , turn on headlights... dies..

Al fuses good. a while ago I had an issue with the circuit that is presently my electric choke shorted out and melted in the harness a bit... remnants of that? bad ignition switch? bad headlight switch?

Any ideas appreciated - either way i'm pretty sure i'm going to see the back of the dash and be finishing my headlight relay modification.

[AriK]

I would have a look/swap out the ignition switch and see if there was a short in connector C31 (the pigtail on the switch connecting to the dash harness).

[scampbel98]

Thanks arik. Kinda where I was at too after some reading and review of Brads wiring diagrams.
The PO hacked that harness ..... Badly. And I have a spare ignition switch.

[scampbel98]

Turns out the wire to ignition switch position 15/54 (pink) had come loose. That connector has now been crimped a bit.

All systems restored.