My saph cossie refuses to start she just turns over but the ignition lights dont come on just before i put here in the garage a few mths back you would be driving along and then she would just cut out completly with all the dashboard lights on and after a few mins (5or so) she would fire up again,,,she is fitted with a clifford alarm ive checked the fuel pump in the boot flicked it on/off but to no avail ive tried to start her there with jump leads cos the batterys flat but she just turns over but without the dashboard lighting up any ideas ????? Cheers,,,,,,,,,,

 

all the fuses ok? has it got a good earth connection? is there any junction boxes in the loom that could have a dirty connection
Id start with looking at the connections inside the engine bay (battery/starter/alternator)

 

I'd start by checking for a output from the ignition switch when turned to position 2(run), if this is missing you will get no dash lights, or ecu power up hence no start, obviously you are getting power to the ignition switch as the starter works, if no output on position 2 from any wire, which is likely to be plain black, as that is a switched LIVE feed on fords of this era, then that would be your first problem, if outputting in position 2 I would check the wiring cut used on the cliffy alarms immobliliser, maybe even temporarily by passing the immobiliser if all is then well it's either a duff joint or alarm/immoby, from your description though more likely a dodgy joint connection, could be cliffy or the iggy switch.
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