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Dead SC

Drove my 1980 911 yesterday and had no problem starting. Today everything is dead. Nothing happens when you turn the key, no lights, clock stopped, nothing. Battery is showing fully charged. Is there a main fuse? I have no owners manual and I'm a newbie.

Old 06-15-2018, 02:56 PM
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Hi Mark...check your ground connection on battery

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Clean the battery terminals and the chassis ground.
Could be an ignition switch issue as well.
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Battery ground and post clean and tight. Can a bad ignition switch kill everything?
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Got it! Someone installed a kill switch under the dash that has a key. Key was not all the way turned. Thanks all
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Dead battery? Did you leave something like the lights turned on or the glovebox light on? I have had batteries die overnight for no explainable reason!
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