74 Duster (318) ignition not working, not getting spark
Mattax covered pretty much everything, and you definitely have a bunch of stuff to check. Those butt-crimp connectors are terrible, by the way. And that column and ignition is a disaster!!!
All of that said, since your car is a '74 you have another thing to check that isn't on any other year. There's a seat belt interlock circuit that would keep the car from starting if the seat belt isn't buckled when someone is sitting in the seats. If you car started before without the seat belt buckled while you were sitting in it then it probably has been disconnected at the sensor below the seat, pretty much all of them were.
But, you still have the relay on the inner fender. If the relay fails, it will still keep the car from starting even with the sensors on the seats unhooked. The white arrow is the relay, the small red arrow points to a reset button on the relay. You can try resetting the relay, and see if anything happens. Eventually, you will probably need to bypass that relay entirely. I had to on my '74. I can get back to you with what wires in that red connector need to be hooked up to bypass the seat belt relay.
Mattax covered pretty much everything, and you definitely have a bunch of stuff to check. Those butt-crimp connectors are terrible, by the way. And that column and ignition is a disaster!!!
All of that said, since your car is a '74 you have another thing to check that isn't on any other year. There's a seat belt interlock circuit that would keep the car from starting if the seat belt isn't buckled when someone is sitting in the seats. If you car started before without the seat belt buckled while you were sitting in it then it probably has been disconnected at the sensor below the seat, pretty much all of them were.
But, you still have the relay on the inner fender. If the relay fails, it will still keep the car from starting even with the sensors on the seats unhooked. The white arrow is the relay, the small red arrow points to a reset button on the relay. You can try resetting the relay, and see if anything happens. Eventually, you will probably need to bypass that relay entirely. I had to on my '74. I can get back to you with what wires in that red connector need to be hooked up to bypass the seat belt relay.
