[Kirsch]

Hi guys,

I've got a 1974 Dodge Challenger that seems to be having some electrical problems.

Start it off with how it happened.

I was driving home one night when she died in at an intersection. I cranked on it to try and get it to start but it wouldn't turn over. I did so until on the turn of the key everything suddenly died. No power whatsoever. So battery right? I got towed to a nearby gas station and waited for my dad to come. We hooked up the cables and got her started again, but we noticed there was a wire that had come loose (the guy I bought it from messed with all the wiring in ways I will never understand) and was lying on the valve cover. Drove it home and it was fine. The next day on the way to work she died no less than 7 times.

Now the only way to get her started is to run a cable from the positive battery post to the coil, and if at any time that comes off she will immediately die. Also at times the headlights and things wouldn't work... just no power at all.

Current theories are that that wire that was on the valve cover shorted out a fuseable link or that the ignition system needs to be replaced.

Please help!