Why my '81 16v won't start? (part 3)

["Dave Novak" <toastworks@hotmail.com>]

DUDES.

Progress has been made. I think.

With the help of a multimeter, we found that there was no continuity between 
terminal 1 on the coil and C19 on the fuse box.

So, we replaced the wire with a new, working one.

We found that the negative lead of the coil had positive power coming out of 
it. As in, if we took that wire to the positive lead of a multitester, and 
the negative lead to battery negative, we got +12V DC. Weird?

When we turned the key to the on position, a fuse blew. (Which is good!) It 
was fuse #10, the fuse that controls the heater fan.

I followed that on the current diagrams, and it also went to the Load 
Reduction relay, the "lite switch lite", the 4-way flasher switch and the 
rear window defogger. What gives?

It's good that the fuse blew.. I guess it gave us a lead. I can only assume 
that beforehand, the fuse didn't blow, but instead the wire broke inside and 
then didn't give continuity.

I think I'm getting somewhere.
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