Re: Starting woes...

[Luke Nelson <lnelson@domain.elided>]

Hmmmm,  I am stumpped, well I don't know...  Hmmmm.  I am thinking.

You live in Golden right?  I could pop on down there and see if I can help
you.  I think better when I can atucally see things :)

Luke

ps.  Is your Scout a auto or manual?



> 	Last night I was about to go home after a fantastic date, but my
> Scout would not start.  Turn the key, nothing.  No click, no nothing.
> This has happened once or twice before.  The other times I just wiggled
> the wires coming out of the firewall and it would start right up.  Once, I
> just let it set over night and it started up.  This time, wiggling did
> nothing, letting it set over night did nothing.  So I started tracing
> wires (no manual or multimeter-I was still at my girl's apartment).  I
> eventually found which wire out of the ten that go through the lower
> firewall plug goes to the starter.  I directly wired around the plug, and
> it started right up.  BUT... later that day, it happened again, and the
> connection I made was still sound.  Question 1): What is the problem,
> wiring or the solenoid?  Question 2): If this happens again (I have a
> trail trip planned for next weekend, 3 days in Canyonlands, UT), is there
> any way to bypass the electricals in the cab and just "hotwire" the
> solenoid?  Will that even work?  Thanks in advance.
> 
> 				DurangoMan
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