Reply to "Short Circuit During Key Accessory Position"

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Good Morning, I'm back at it again after the car starting flawlessly many times last weekend. Went to start it yesterday and 12V drops to 6V in the Run position and engine won't crank. Basically, get a single-clicking sound like the solenoid is stuck.

I removed the key switch cover and used a multi meter to confirm the key switch is working and there are no shorts to ground. Key switch seems to function in all positions as it should.

However, I separated the harness above the steering column because I found that the two large Red wires read 7 ohms to ground. I suppose if one wire goes to the firewall solenoid then I could be reading the solenoid wire resistors to ground.

My next step is to remove Fuse #10 thru #14 and see if the low resistance reading goes away.

Any thoughts? This is a 72 pre L for reference.

Thanks,

John

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