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vwsman69 Samba Member
Joined: August 21, 2002 Posts: 23 Location: Greeneville Tn
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Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2003 11:20 am Post subject: Electrical Woes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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Question to best fix, I can jump the solenoid out and it will work great. But if I use the key, it will only clicks. What do I need to do? Low voltage relay, Ford solenoid, or rewire "yuck " Somebody please help! |
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german_metal Samba Member
Joined: April 15, 2003 Posts: 411 Location: Mile High Wolfsburg
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Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2003 12:44 pm Post subject: |
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What the H E double toothpicks are you talking about??????
Could you explain this a little more??!?! |
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keifernet Samba Search & Rescue
Joined: May 11, 2002 Posts: 19395 Location: Samba Center for Behavioral Science
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Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2003 1:57 pm Post subject: |
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C heck the battery connections and the ground to the chasis and the tranny ground strap for loose or corroded areas... clean with ire brush/sandpaper.
could be a weak aging starter/ solenoid or the starter bushing could be worn causes this too. |
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Gary Person of Interest
Joined: November 01, 2002 Posts: 17069 Location: 127.0.0.1
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Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2003 6:42 pm Post subject: |
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I been told in the past that a Ford coil is a sure fire way to fix the weak starting blues. _________________ West Virginia State Board of Education v. Barnette, 319 U.S. 624 (1943) |
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MGKrebbs Samba Member
Joined: September 21, 2003 Posts: 19 Location: St. Louis, MO
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Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2003 8:04 pm Post subject: |
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I had this problem with my autostick bug starter. I would turn the key, hear a click, (the solenoid popping out to engage the flywheel), but the starter -no go. It was due to carbon on the contacts inside the solenoid. I took it apart and cleaned with a dremel tool, works great now. I searched the forums and found a link to a guy that details the procedure pretty well. (he's the same guy who sells bus water sprinkler art things). You pretty much just need a soldering iron. I'll post the link if I can find it again. |
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