67 Mustang - All electrical failure - good battery

[jaredlgoldman]

I have a 67 Mustang. I recently replaced my radio and pulled my instrument panel. While I had it out I replaced all my bulbs. I ran a constant wire back to the battery for the radio. I put everything together and turned the car on. All was working a few minutes until I had smoke coming out from behind the instrument panel.

I turned the car off, pulled the instrument panel and started the car up again. No smoke this time.

I waited a day and pulled the instrument panel out all the way to see if there was damage. No evidence of anything.

My car is now totally dead. I tried jump starting the car. No power. I had the battery on a trickle charge overnight
The dome light in the car does not turn on
When you turn the key, no power, no start
When I put a tester on the battery it lights up

I think there is an issue with the Solenoid or something with the wiring, ground, etc.
Could it be a fuse issue
Could it be the ignition switch

I am looking for some advice on how to figure this out

 

[The Shemdogg]

Remove the hot wire you ran for the radio and check to see what let out the smoke. Check all your fuses and power getting to the fuse box. Get a voltmeter to test the battery, it should be 13-14 volts fully charged. A test light will light up at 9 volts= no help
good luck

shem