Dead KE30

[duggy2006]

Pulled the dash out of the corolla for a bit of a touch up and all of a sudden the thing is dead as a door nail all i have is headlights and a horn I have done the usual IA's even got my mate the ex electrition out to have a look and we cant work it out if anyone has any info that could help me get to the bottom of this prob would be great otherwise it will be on the transporter and down to the shop which i dont want to have to do PLease help me

[LewyMan]

Have you tried starting it by touching a wire from the starter motor solenoid on the positive terminal of the battery? My ignition stuffed up so I bypassed it completely, having one wire from the starter, and one from the battery to a two position switch in the cabin. Works like a dream!

Maybe when you ripped the dash out, it might have touched or pulled some wires somewhere?

[dLo914]

i did the same w/ my 89' AE92 GTS Coupe. The ignition system was crapping out on me, so i just ran a wire from the starter solenoid straight to a wire in the cabin that received 12volts of power when i turned the key in the ignition. Ever since then i havent had any trouble starting the car.