So, I fix (temp) the connections @ the starter, jump the battery and all she does is turn over, & over, & over. No start. New cap and rotor too. I don't have a helper to spin it over while I check for spark. Oh well.... That's that. On Apr 1, 2014 4:51 PM, "TJ Hemrick" <x53gunner@gmail.com> wrote: > All, > As if losing most of what we own from a house fire last Tuesday wasn't > enough, now my transportation has come to a dead stop. 87 automatic, had > some starting issues which (now) I see Kay have been some loose connections > at the starter AND a broken wire (which was probably just a few strands of > copper most of the past 2 weeks. Anyhow, I was idling, shifted to R AMD the > engine went dead stop. No power to 4-ways or anything else. Lights on dash > DO come on but so does the green turn indicator light and it's on steady if > the key is turned. Very weird. Relay 21 on the panel cycles about every 10 > seconds with the ignition off and not at all with the key turned. Any > hidden fuses or fusible links I might be overlooking? All other fuses look > good but I'll check again. Never been stuck this bad and no clues. > |
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