Re: [alfa] Berlina -- No Juice!

[Bernie & Diana Bennett <bennetts77833@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jiggle your key in the ignition switch and see if that helps, a bad 
ignition switch is a not un heard of occhurance. Replace switch if it is 
bad.

Good Luck
Bernie Bennett
Brenham TX soon -- transiting from New Hampshire


James P. Reza wrote:


> Interesting problem, fellow Alfisti. 
> Drove Berlina one day, ran fine, parked it in garage. Next day, there 
> is no juice getting to the cockpit -- no radio, no lights, no 
> instruments, no interior lights... absolutely nothing. Newish battery 
> is fully charged and engine turns quickly when using hidden under hood 
> starter button (installed by previous owner). Just zero juice to 
> anything (even electric fuel pump fails to power up).
>
> Throughout dozens of hands on experiences with previous classic cars, 
> I am at a loss. Is there a fuseable link that could be shot? Or could 
> it something more electrically simple, like a disconnection somewhere 
> in the engine bay? I thought maybe the ignition switch, but even the 
> heater fan is dead, and that used to fire up without a key in the 
> ignition. It's throwing me off that one day it was fine and the next 
> day -- no electrical (that's how it always happens...).
>
> Any ideas will be met with thanks.
>
> -James
> 1969 Alfa Romeo 1750 Berlina
> 1981 Fiat Spider 2000
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