Had pretty much the same symptoms a couple months back on my BJ8.
I could start it with the solenoid pushbutton for awhile, but eventually that
quit working.
New starter solenoid did the trick.
bs
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Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@comcast.net
'67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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Subject: FW: starting problem 2nd try
> Sorry if this repeats, but it didn't seem to be getting through.
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> Well, now I've had two mechanics work on the intermittent start problem.
> It's time for the list. The latest fellow installed a standard ignition
> switch in the dash which takes the ignition key function out of the steering
> wheel lock (Euro model BJ7). That didn't work as the same problem came up
> yesterday after a short drive. This doesn't mean the old switch wasn't bad
> as there could be more than one thing going on at the same time, but maybe
> that's just my suspicious nature. Before I turn myself into a pretzel
> working behind the dash I'd like to get some ideas about where to start.
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> Here's the problem. Turn the ignition on and fuel pump clicks. Press
> button, nothing happens, no clicks, buzzes or whirls. Press the solenoid
> starter button, it starts right up. One complication is that it doesn't
> happen all the time but so far it hasn't happened from a cold start.
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> It's not the distributor ground, fuses, battery switch or terminals I'm
> pretty sure as I've checked those. I'm hoping that it's the starter button
> on the dash but I can't find that on my wiring diagrams. The ignition
> switch is there, but no separate button.
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> Is there some way to test the button without having to take out gauges to
> get to it? What wires go to the button? Can I assume that it completes the
> white/red circuit to the starter solenoid? How can I get at the connection
> to the solenoid? It looks way back in there from the engine bay
> perspective.
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> I'd like to get an idea before I crawl under the dash. It's been a decade
> since I rewired the dash, I don't have happy or specific memories of the
> process and I'm a good deal larger and less flexible than I was then.
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> Any guidance as to how to check the steering wheel lock switch with a
> volt/ohm meter? It looks from the diagram that when the key is turned on
> the connection should be made between contacts 2 and 3 on the wiring
> diagram. If that switch isn't bad, I'd like to wire it back into the system
> but I'm not sure where the wires should go as that switch isn't on the
> wiring diagram.
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> Thanks,
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> Bill Moyer
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