Q: i have all power but no crank
so i bought this car i had a lil trouble crankin i drove it home it ran fine the next day had a lil trouble startin runnin it would not idle so i parked it went to town got radio came back hooked up after market radio had all power and went to crank lost all power i checked all fuses all r ok went to arc starter and it sparked and lost all power
My car has an automatic transmission.
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