Date:         Fri, 22 May 2009 18:00:47 -0700
Reply-To:     Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
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From:         Robert Fisher <refisher@MCHSI.COM>
Subject:      Electrical question (non-starting)
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'87 GL Auto: When I got done with my tranny swap I drove about five miles
and then parked it. I went to start it a couple of days later and no crank.
Dash lights/indicators function normally and fuel pump does its thing. No
headlights, but flashes brights when I pull the stem. I had the headlight
problem before and it cranked fine so I thought it possibly wasn't related
or perhaps it was the initial symptom.  I figured it was the ignition switch
so I swapped it out- the 'old' one had a slightly cracked casing on the
bottom. The replacement switch was good the last time anybody tried it, but
it didn't change anything.

Voltage at the red wire into the ignition switch is equal to the battery at
around 12.2 (I know it's low, I've been messing with this for a few days now
and I need to charge it); when I turn the switch, the outbound voltage is
about 10.2 and it drops to about 8.4 at the neutral safety switch. I can't
make much out of the diagrams in the Bentley but it seems to me that the
line between the ignition switch and the safety switch is one wire.

Where is my juice going?



Cya,

Robert