Ignition problem Options

[1bad914]

Trying to help a friend with his 74 Carbed 1.8. The car ran last year, he just pulled it out for the summer and the fuel pump was not running, but the car turned over. He asked me to give him a hand, the end result is he is not getting power to the coil (fuel pump is wired to the + side of the coil), checked fuses and relays and can find no problem. When you turn the ignition switch to ACC the idiot lights are not coming on and no power to the coil, continue to turn the ignition switch and the car turns over, but still no power to coil. Any suggestions??

Thanks,

[lapuwali]

On the 12 pin connector on the relay board (the aft connector), the black/red wire (pin 7) goes to the coil. Check for power at that point. Black wires coming into the relay board are switched +12 from the ignition switch. I believe it's pin 8 on the 14 pin connector (forward), a black wire. This leads to fuse 8, which then leads to the ignition switch. Somewhere along there, you have a broken connection. The main fuses are also flaky, so rotate them and make sure there's no corrosion at the contacts.