I am in the process of restoring a 65. I have replaced all the wiring harnesses and moved the battery to the trunk. I have also switched to the Ford Motorsports mini starter. When I installed the new mini starter I thought I would be slick and use an original 65 starter wire from the fender solenoid to the starter solenoid. I did this so I wouldn't have to shorter the "special" positive cable that came with the new starter. I believe this was a mistake because something happened when I turned the ignition key to start. Everything was fine when I turned the key to on, but when I turned it to start, there was a sound like the starter had moved a little but then everything went dead. I now have no lights anywhere on the car whereas before all interior and exterior lights were working. So, now I have replaced the wire from the fender solenoid to the starter solenoid with the "special" one that came with the starter. But still everything is dead and now I'm trying to figure out if something else got fried. What I have been able to determine with my multimeter is that I have 12.7 volts on the batt side of the fender solenoid with the + batt cable and one of the black/yellow wires is attached to it. I also have 12.7 volts at the starter solenoid. But....As soon as I touch the other black/yellow and yellow wires (these are the 2 that go to the voltage regulator), the volts on the batt side of the fender solenoid drop to ZERO. So I guess this means I have a ground problem somewhere along the black/yellow and yellow wires. Is it possible that by using the wrong starter wire, I fried the voltage regulator and that has created the ground problem. If anyone can help me diagnose where the problem is and how to fix it I would appreciate it.
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