Ignition on ... NOTHING????

Battery good (New)
No Ign light, not volts on gauge, no fan or anything normally coming alive with ignition.
One driver said he smelled fumes a day or so ago, but next man said no smell now. Ive driven today a few times no smells or signs of a problem.
Turned key and nothing...battery isolator is fine and operates as it should.

I don't know electrics so asking for ideas for checking.

Regards
Dolly

Hello and welcome to the loonyzone,

Just for fun, might be worth telling us what vehicle exactly including engine you have this problem with?

Also, are you saying you drove the vehicle earlier without a problem and then when you have gone to restart it after it was stopped, it will now not start and it appears you have no voltage?

If so, have you checked the voltage on the battery? using a meter?
Have you checked the battery connections? loose, corroded?
Have you checked the earths ?


May be a good place to start. good luck.

Cheers

I was a bit vague...
300TDI 1989 90

All connections good in Battery box.
Radio, lights etc that come straight from battery are fine. Its just nothing on the ignition side showing any sign of life.
I am no good at electrics other than basic lights and ancillary stuff. Ignition circuit is a mystery area.
I guess there might be a relay or 2 powering heaters and switching in starter etc. Dash is dark when I turn key. Not even heater fan coming on so it is something from battery to Key maybe??

Looking for areas to check first.

I would take off the fuse panel and the column shroud and the problem will probably be self evident, melted wires, burnt out ign switch etc.

Cheers will do that first.

Disconnect the battery before doing this.
It's had an engine conversion and I think the glow plugs have probably been wired direct from the ign switch which gives it a hard time. They are the larger 2 wires (brown iirc) , consider running them through a relay if those wires look a bit frazzled.
A new ign switch is quite cheap (£12?) Bit of a fiddle to replace though.
Let us know how you get on.

Found bad connection at back of ignition . Had been getting hot. seems good after a squeeze.
Thanks

As @Flossie said in post #6 - its worth checking why this connection was bad - if its overloaded, then it needs fixing, before it starts a fire - if, as you say, it was getting hot - then its worth some time to sort out why - the difference between "hot" and "fire" might not be very much !!