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Alright fellas,
Im rusty on old school electronics so I could use a hand here....
I had an issue a few days ago...driving along in second gear (Standard shift) and she cuts off on me. Pulled to the side of the road and found a body ground broke. Fixed that, no issues for a couple of days. This morning, same thing except that the battery ground was loose (Clamp style post lug on it). Fixed that, she fired up. No issue.
This afternoon at lunch, Jumped in, Fired her up, put her in gear and went to take off and she dies. YES, I gave her enough gas to go....
Pushed in the clutch, turned her over and she wouldn't start.
Checked ALL grounds. No issues. Re-worked the battery ground and tried again. No start.
Noticed loose wiring on the solenoid. Re-worked those and she wouldn't even turn over. I could hear the fuel pump but the starter wouldn't even kick. Threw her in neutral, turned the key to "on", jumped post to post on the solenoid and she fired like she never had an issue...
What is my problem here? Key switch? Key switch push rod? (<--My thought) Some electronic doohickie?
Help me out fellas. My brain is toast and I aint had near enough beer....or any for that matter.
Im rusty on old school electronics so I could use a hand here....
I had an issue a few days ago...driving along in second gear (Standard shift) and she cuts off on me. Pulled to the side of the road and found a body ground broke. Fixed that, no issues for a couple of days. This morning, same thing except that the battery ground was loose (Clamp style post lug on it). Fixed that, she fired up. No issue.
This afternoon at lunch, Jumped in, Fired her up, put her in gear and went to take off and she dies. YES, I gave her enough gas to go....
Pushed in the clutch, turned her over and she wouldn't start.
Checked ALL grounds. No issues. Re-worked the battery ground and tried again. No start.
Noticed loose wiring on the solenoid. Re-worked those and she wouldn't even turn over. I could hear the fuel pump but the starter wouldn't even kick. Threw her in neutral, turned the key to "on", jumped post to post on the solenoid and she fired like she never had an issue...
What is my problem here? Key switch? Key switch push rod? (<--My thought) Some electronic doohickie?
Help me out fellas. My brain is toast and I aint had near enough beer....or any for that matter.
