MG Car Repair: No power to fuel pump, inertia switch, test light


Question
Ok, heres the situation.  1977 MGB, I totaled it back in 1994 and it sat in storage rusting away until last summer.  I have it almost completely restored except for a couple things(one of them is bleeding the clutch and brakes, which is driving me crazy, but  its getting there)
My question/problem is that Im not getting any power to the fuel pump.  I bought a new fuel pump and I can get the car to run fine if I hook up the fuel pump directly to the battery, but Im not getting any power to the fuel pump otherwise.  I tracked it back to the inertia switch, and Im not getting any power there either.  Can you help?

Answer
Hi Jeff,
If you are not getting power to the inertia switch you just need to use a test light and trace the power to the inertia switch. The power comes to the inertia switch by a white wire that is connected to the Ignition switch and is the same circuit that powers the ignition.
Howard