Battery Hooked Up - no smoke - but..., Starter doesn't turn Options

[lsintampa]

75 914/4 2.0

I worked up enough courage to hook power up to the thing.

The instrument cluster is out, as is the dash top, and most of the wiring is just hanging down.

Before I attached the battery, I did a once over to make sure I didn't see any shorts.

Here's what works.... with the ignition on.

Lights pop up and light, highbeams work, hazzards work, blinkers work, some annoying buzzer works (assume it is for the seat belts?), brake lights work, wipers work.... so it seems most things work.

With ignition on - I don't hear the Fuel Pump come on, I assume it should run with ignition on (no tank in the car, yet - getting it sealed again).

When I turn the key to start, I'm expecting the starter to engage, but it doesn't.

Worth mentioning that the car basically is still very disassembled. The FI is not wired up - so I don't know if that effects the starter or not - I wouldn't think so.

There were four red leads all that connect to the positive side of the battery, the long positive cable goes to the starter, and feeds another red wire that goes to the alternator / relay board.

The voltage regulator is new.

I'm not sure why the starter isn't engaging - it's new also, as is the alternator.

Onward through the fog as they say.

Len

[Tom]

In a worse case senerio, the power to the coil shorts also to the by now bare spots of the AAR wire and the bare spots of the coil + and you have unfused power to ground = major smoke until you turn off the key switch, Provided that the key switch contacts have not melted together, if that happens, then you must remove the battery cable to stop the electrical fire. If that happens, you could have wire melt damage into the main wiring harness. $$$$ A very good reason to fuse that AAR!!!
Tom