No electrical power

[jbonifas]

'81;Got a problem. Changed the starter several weeks ago with no problem. Went cruising, no problem. Went to back it out of the garage the next day and the starter tried to engage, then lost all power. Checked the battery and cable, seem to be ok. messed with the starter and ground, still no power anywhere. Haven't checked continuity of the power cables yet, wanted to see if someone can help me with this. Can the starter/solinoid be so bad that I can't even get the lights to work. Anything I can check? Any fuse or something somewhere?
Help!

 

[titan81]

'81;Got a problem. Changed the starter several weeks ago with no problem. Went cruising, no problem. Went to back it out of the garage the next day and the starter tried to engage, then lost all power. Checked the battery and cable, seem to be ok. messed with the starter and ground, still no power anywhere. Haven't checked continuity of the power cables yet, wanted to see if someone can help me with this. Can the starter/solinoid be so bad that I can't even get the lights to work. Anything I can check? Any fuse or something somewhere?
Help!

Had this happen on my 89 camaro
it turned out I needed to put a heat shield over the solenoid on the starter
running it would burn it up.