at 08:23 PM 8/3/2001, Bassim Dowidar wrote: >So, >got home from work. Van has been running fine. went >out to move it out of the way and it won't start - the >white light on the dash is blinking, What white light? Where? In what way is it blinking? What year is the van? > the engine won't >turn over but is making clicking noises from either >the coil (i think that's the coil - left side of >engine compartment - cylinder) Yup -- but if it's clicking, call the fire department or the bomb squad. >or the relay above it That makes more sense -- two relays in that box. >but no juice to the starter. trying to get out of town >for the weekend. Help! Oh, and a really weird noise is Don't know an easy fix -- someone is going to have to trace through the wiring and find out what's going on. Could well be a bad ignition switch. david
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