HELP.. electrical problems.. PROBLEM SOLVED.. thanks!

[Xtremegmc80]

hey i went to hook up the battery to my 80 gmc. and to find out it starts, but, no lights, tach, nothing works. and i tried to turn it off, its still running! so i had to use the choke to turn off the truck.. what the heck did i do wrong? i looked around, and i didnt see anything missing. everything seems to be plugged in. tomorrow im gonna unplug everything and clean up the connectors, ground, etc.. what else can i check? let me know please!

thanks!!!

 

[broncoman6524]

Did you unhook the connector on the bac k of the cluster?

I pulled mine out, and when i put it back in. i guess it wasnt hoked up square enough and mine did this.

 

[Xtremegmc80]

Did you unhook the connector on the bac k of the cluster?

I pulled mine out, and when i put it back in. i guess it wasnt hoked up square enough and mine did this.

i unhooked it 2 years ago, worked great, never unhooked it again. what im saying is i didnt do nothing, all i did was hook the battery back up no more power anywhere.. weird?? or what? no power anywhere except starter. and hei.. thats it

 

[colbystephens]

for what it's worth, my guages didn't work this morning and it tuned out that i didn't have a ground hooked up. there are 3 grounds on my '83 from the guage set - all of them are black wires. i suspect yours is the same. make sure they're all grounded. once i connected this ground, i had my wipers and my guages back. it was entirely unrelated to my ability to start my rig.

 

[Xtremegmc80]

for what it's worth, my guages didn't work this morning and it tuned out that i didn't have a ground hooked up. there are 3 grounds on my '83 from the guage set - all of them are black wires. i suspect yours is the same. make sure they're all grounded. once i connected this ground, i had my wipers and my guages back. it was entirely unrelated to my ability to start my rig.

im workin on her tonight.. am leavin my headlights on.. so when i play with the wires tonight they should come on... easier for me to know i will have power with out checkin the headlights every minute...

 

[Xtremegmc80]

pic taken as of 2 mins ago.. working on it now..

 

[Xtremegmc80]

Its Alive!!!

im a dumba** i cutted the wires from the neg of battery to ground. so i was like wft. touched the 2 wires that i cutted and poof my truck woke up, the headlights was on highbeam.. and i was like alright! now i gotta run to napa tmrw to get the connector to connect it back togs.. im glad.. whew, everythings alive, inside cab all lights, gauges works! so im glad. dang... only 1 wire makes everything work! gotta watch what u do!