RE: [alfa] 164 Challenge - Italian mistress giving slient treatment over German rivals

["Brian Shorey" <bshorey@xxxxxxxxx>]

> Anyone has better experience handling family feud of car polygamy?
> 
> 
> 
> My 94 164LS engine cannot start with starter cranking.  After 
> several cranking retires.  Suddenly the entire instrument 
> panel went out black.  Now I cannot even get starter to 
> crank.  When I turn the ignition key on, the instrument is 
> dead.  No gauge is alive, no warning light turn on.  Electric 
> windows don't work either, but radio and headlights and 
> interior lights worked as well as remote keyless entry.  I 
> checked all relays and fuses, they are all fine.  I am 
> totally clueless now.
> 
> 
> 
> If I let car sit for several days, when I turn the ignition 
> key on, the instrument panel will light up very briefly like 
> 0.2 second, but then immediately got turn off. Subsequent 
> retries afterward cannot light it up at all.  Not even unplug 
> entire battery can let it light up briefly.  Only let it sit 
> for several days will it light up very briefly again then it 
> is all dead again.

Sounds like a dead battery.  Have you tried jumper cables?

bs
--
to be removed from alfa, see /bin/digest-subs.cgi
or email "unsubscribe alfa" to majordomo@domain.elided