corvette1987coupe

A friend was out in her '81 Corvette yesterday, and the car stopped while at a light. She could not get it started, as there was no electric power. She ended up having it towed home, and a neighbor friend, who owns a C5, helped her install a brand new battery. She said he was very careful to clean the battery cable terminals before installing. I don't think he cleaned cables or checked connections on the other ends of the cables. The new battery did no good. Still no electric power, no lights, etc. Another friend of hers, in the local Corvette club, told her she may have a bad main fuse.

Is this possible? Is there a main fuse that controls all the electric power in the fuse box?

Any other main things to look for that would cause this problem?

Thank you for the help.

Street Rat

Check the ground cable from the battery to the frame under the car. There is also a ground cable by the starter that attaches to the frame. These may be loose or have a poor contact area.

minitech

That happened to my 77. It was the fusable link. "Main fuse for power"

SIXFOOTER

Fuse links are on the tarter, its a piece of wire spliced onto the main engine harness where it attaches to th big terminal on the starter. There is also a white molex connector on he same harness between the passenger side head and the firewall, its a weak spot. All the feed wires go through there. They burn from time to time, not hard to fix.

terry82

check the wire harness behind the passenger side engine head.it goes down to the starter .

minitech

Be sure to post what the fix ended up being.