Head lights/instrument cluster no power

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67/6barracuda

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Guys,
I did the mad electrical amp meter by pass on my 67'. Now i cant figure out why my headlights are not working to include my instrument cluster lights. I also up graded to a 65amp alt. The car is running great and I do have parking lights, directional's, and dome light all working. I put my volt meter on the fuse box and i got nothing. I have the wire diagram and I was on my back this morning tracing things back and everything looks right. I did pull my head light switch off to clean it but if it wasn't working I still should have power to the fuse panel. I also added a ground from the cluster panel to the body but that didn't help my problem. Ill keep at it but if you guys have any ideas let me know. Thanks.
 
Check for power from the headlight switch through the beam selector? Have never done the MADD but it should not effect this!
 
Ill give that a try. They were working fine before i torn into my electrical. You know how that goes, fix one thing and screw up another. I think i messed something up redoing my cluster. I cleaned the switch contacts while it was out. The switch is getting power cause i can turn my parking lights on by pulling it have way out. If I pull it all the way out the head lights don't do anything. The dimmer for the instrument panel doesn't work either. So far i determine that all my fuses are getting power to them except the instrument fuse but i think that's a separate issue from the head lights.
 
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A new headlight switch is about 13 bucks everywhere. If switch was OEM and/or needed cleaning...
If it doesn't send power to the inst fuse or the dimmer switch...
You'll have to figure out, is it help or money that you need. Good luck
 
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