Or, you can look at the starter solenoid to see that it activates. =
DIV>
On Wed, 22 Aug 2001 09:38:16 +0100 Timothy Lee Harrison <
tim@HARRISONLAND.CO.UK>
writes:
> A few days ago, there was a post from M. Burha about the
automatic
> transmission
> hesitating before taking up
drive.
>
> There doesn't seem to have been much response, but =
I was
wondering
> if any listees have had any experience of this and what =
could
be
> causing it.
>
> In particular, on a cold =
start
the engine starts and runs OK, but
> movement in either
>=
forward or reverse drive is ever soooooo slow! I only recently
>
changed
> transmission
> fluid, but the trans works pervectly =
once
it's been "revved" for
> about 30
> secs or so.
>
&=
gt; Is
this a problem that is likely to get worse (I've not had my bus
>
for
> long) or will it just
> sit there and be one of those =
little
idiosyncracies that I'll get
> used to?
>
> On another&=
nbsp;
topic, my starter motor does something similar: on a
> cold day,
=
>
I turn the key
> and .... nothing. Lights come on, but no response
whatsoever. Then,
> out of
> the blue,
> the darned =
thing
turns the engine and starts. Starts every time,
> without
> =
fail
(or at least it
> has up to now!), but there's often quite a delay =
between
turning the
> key
> and the starter
> jumping into
action.
>
> Again, is this likely to get worse, or just =
another
idiosyncracy?
> Anyone
> know what causes
>
behaviour?
>
> Tim (H) from the sunny UK
>