When I came home the other night I turned the car off and then had to restart right away to move it and there was no power at all throughout the car. I waited a few minutes and it started right up. What could have happened?

I had a similar problem in my 68 Corvette and traced it back to a corroded contact at the horn relay. Cleaned all the terminals with 600 grit sandpaper and all is fine now.

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Redrum (or Mike)

68 Corvette - 383 CI, 427 HP, 700R4, 12.56 @ 108 MPH
69 SS Chevelle - 502 CI, 610 HP, 2004R, 1320 unknown
97 Z-28 - totally stock still under 12,000 miles

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Had the same thing happen to me in my truck.Check the cables going to the battery.See if one is loose or if the ring isn't making good contact with the post.Also check the voltage regulator for a bad connection.

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Joel
T/C#980 1968 SS396 CHEVELLE


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I had a '77 Impala that did the very same thing. It turned out that the junction bolt was loose (the one that held the power cable on the junction at the starter). On a Chevelle the power cable junction would be on the horn relay.

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Wheres the horn relay?

depends what year car you have, usually up front near the radiator

I think I figured it out. It was the positive cable clamp at the battery.