Re: alfa-digest V7 #1442 - Car will not Start

[Hal Taylor <taylor@domain.elided>]

Bill,

When my car behaves this way, it is invariably because I'm not getting a solid
contact at the battery's ground terminal.  And though I've never experienced
it, it's not unheard of for the ignition switches to get flaky.

I'm assuming, of course, that your battery is good (you don't mention it
specifically).  If so, the fact that you get NOTHING is probably a good sign,
in terms of troubleshooting.  Shouldn't be too hard.

Also, Ken has reffered to an intermittent problem.  Is there more to your
original post than he's quoted?  Is this an intermittent ("sometimes") kind of
problem, or is your car just dead?

Hal

Ken Ross wrote:

> Sounds like you have an intermittent short somewhere.  I would first check
> all of your grounds and clean any connectors that you can easily reach.  You
> may want to also check the obvious and make sure the cables are firmly
> attached to the battery and have worked their way loose.  If this doesn't
> work, you have many long hours of checking the wiring in your car for a
> short.
>
> Ken Ross
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-alfa@domain.elided [mailto:owner-alfa@domain.elided]On Behalf Of
> ISUEEM@domain.elided
> Sent: Tuesday, March 14, 2000 2:52 PM
> To: alfa@domain.elided
> Subject: Re: alfa-digest V7 #1442
>
> Help...
>
> My 85 spider has started something new.........When you turn the key to
> start
> it....nothing......no juice period.....no warning lights no buzzers
> ...nothing..and for course no started....it's dead..and later it starts just
> fine...plenty of juice....anybody know what's up with this problem?  Thanks
> in advance....
>
> Bill Brady

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