new/ old Fiesta owner

[v8deuce]

Hi all hope everyone got through Christmas without having to remortgage their house! I'm new to the forum with a interesting problem I'm hoping someone might be able help me with, I'm pushing seventy and have been retired for a few years but still love to be in the shop tinkering. So my delema is that I bought a 2015 Fiesta with a 1 liter three cly from a auction that was a non runner, no problem there is not much I can't repair and as a licenced auto tech I was game so I took it on as a challange more than a investment. Fast forward a few months the engine was absolute junk, someone had run it out of oil and spun the rear main in the block with more damage than was repairable. Next I looked for a used engine with absolutly no luck except for one that the owner thought was made out of gold. After a few months a 2014 Fiesta came up on a different auction that had front end damage and was a salvage unit but was a 4 cly auto rather than my 3 cly stick so I bought it with the idea of swapping everything over, all went well with the swap and now to through a wrench into the mix we moved and it sat for a couple more months i'm back on it to try to get it up and running. I had swapped the complete wiring harness and engine trans as a unit. After checking all my work and making a few repairs to things I never got time for before the move I threw a battery in to check lights etc but for some reason I have nothing almost like the battery is not hooked up, I have got power at battery and following the positive to the fuse panel next to the battery I have power to it and some of the main fuses but nothing any farther, nothing under the dash or in the fuse panel behind the glove box. I am trying the find a wiring diagram that I can trace the wires to find where the problem is. I have gone over all the plugs, grounds etc with no progress, key does nothing no 4 way flashers etc anyone have a idea where to look? Thanks for letting me join I'm excited to learn more about my car and the people that own them. TIA Randy

 

[MKVIIST]

Welcome aboard Randy! Have you tried replacing the entire fuse box in the engine compartment? It looks like a pain but if you're not getting any power to the in cabin fuse box it might be the culprit.

 

[v8deuce]

awesome thanks I was thinking that would be my first area to look for the problem. I don't think our cars are any worse than any others and this car was subject to the weather as the hood was bent up from the accident.