No start, no crank, no lights, no power?

I have a 1991 Dodge Shadow 2.5L and it just died on me when I got to
work. I parked the car, turned it off, left for 5 minutes, came back
to move the car, and nothing! There was no power to the lights,
engine, or anything else. I checked the battery and cables, full
charge on battery. It should not be the starter or alternator because
I just had those checked out and was told everything was good with
them. It doesn’t look like any wires are disconnected. Please help!

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"quietryan321" wrote:
> I have a 1991 Dodge Shadow 2.5L and it just died on me when I
> got to work. I parked the car, turned it off, left for 5
> minutes, came back to move the car, and nothing! There was no
> power to the lights, engine, or anything else. I checked the
> battery and cables, full charge on battery. It should not be
> the starter or alternator because I just had those checked out
> and was told everything was good with them. It doesn't look
> like any wires are disconnected. Please help!

I don’t have a wiring diagram handy, but from memory the first things
I would check is the ground wire from the cylinder head to the neg
battery cable, and the quick disconect on the lead wire from the pos
battery terminal. I don’t know if there is a fuseable link after that
beore it hits the power connecto at the firewall.

Try using a probing/piecing power tester to see where you stop getting
power.

"puckstopper" wrote:
> I don't have a wiring diagram handy, but from memory the first
> things I would check is the ground wire from the cylinder head
> to the neg battery cable, and the quick disconect on the lead
> wire from the pos battery terminal. I don't know if there is a
> fuseable link after that beore it hits the power connecto at
> the firewall.
>
> Try using a probing/piecing power tester to see where you stop
> getting power.

Amazingly, the problem was just corrosion on the battery terminal. A
little scraping and everything worked great. Thanks anyway.