Will not start, Valve clearance advice needed. modified 1.7 |
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Will not start, Valve clearance advice needed. modified 1.7 |
Haudiosolutions |
Jun 22 2011, 08:36 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 215 Joined: 19-October 10 From: Sevierville, TN Member No.: 12,284 Region Association: South East States |
Confusing issue which has been compounded by frequent torential rain and being on-call with 15+ hour days. Short back ground.... Steve and I were attempting to get my valves adjusted which was cut short by heavy rain. When I attempted to start the car later, nothing would happen. The battery seems good. Lights and accessories work. The starter can be manually jumped but I can't get action from the starter by using the ignition switch. The only thing I did out of the ordinary was absent mindedly leave the key switched one click up to unlock the wheel and left it that way for a while but not so far the fuel pump was running. I don't think that would cause an issue but figued I'd throw it in there. There are also two what looks like relays of some sort which I hope someone can clue me in on. The one in the pic is the one up top and the other one not pictured but looks very similar is wired to the starter. I should also add it's a standard points setup.
Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Saturday will be the earliest I could look at it unless I can bribe Steve with cash to get on it heheh (IMG:style_emoticons/default/poke.gif) Attached image(s) |
Series9 |
Jun 23 2011, 06:26 PM
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Lesbians taste like chicken. Group: Members Posts: 5,444 Joined: 22-August 04 From: DeLand, FL Member No.: 2,602 Region Association: South East States |
Recently, I have been finding that high-resistence terminals on the relay board are causing this problem.
I usually unplug and replug both 14-pin plugs on the relay board and see if that fixes it. If it does, you should get in there and clean those contacts because it will happen again. |
Prospectfarms |
Jun 23 2011, 09:07 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 495 Joined: 7-March 11 From: Louisville, KY Member No.: 12,801 Region Association: Upper MidWest |
Recently, I have been finding that high-resistence terminals on the relay board are causing this problem. I usually unplug and replug both 14-pin plugs on the relay board and see if that fixes it. If it does, you should get in there and clean those contacts because it will happen again. Makes sense. Thanks for the tip. Hot start relays are fine if you need them. But you are just adding a relay to another relay (the solenoid). I've seen so many ignition switches fail on cars with and without additional starter relays, and I've seen a couple of failed relays. So I'm not convinced they help that much. |
Haudiosolutions |
Jun 23 2011, 09:23 PM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 215 Joined: 19-October 10 From: Sevierville, TN Member No.: 12,284 Region Association: South East States |
I really hope it's that simple. I'm sure it's something simple and it isn't like I've got a rod sticking through my case but it's annoying none the less. Especially since I'm currently no where near it. I hope the weather holds off on Saturday so I can find the problem if Steve doesn't stumble over it first
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