Jane, thats a wonderful idea! That actually happened to me once. A kitten
climbed up inside the hood and when I started the car up it ..... well, it
was pretty horrible.
I panicked, ran and got my .22 to put it out of its misery and put a hole
thru my radiator.
At 11:49 AM 6/10/97 -0700, you wrote:
>> OK you mechanical/electrical wizards, see if anybody can solve this one?
>> I already did, more or less. I weill send the first correct answer a
>>Triumph badge.
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>> Problem:
>> 1. On the way home in my 1980 TR8 I suddenly got an intermittent
>>chirping/buzzing type of noise from what seemed to be the passenger door.
>>The radio was off, doesn't work anyway. I removed the speaker while driving
>>in stop-go traffic, noise persisted.
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>> 2. Got home, left car running in driveway, took some stuff inside, went
>>back to drive car round block to find where noise was coming from, (seat
>>belt, door buzzers etc have all been disconnected by DOP), and had trouble
>>turning wheel to left, but not right.
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>>Then motor quit, wouldn't start, no starter motor either. Lights still
>>worked, got 12 volts across battery terminals and 12v to grounding bolt.
>>
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>>What was the problem?? Took about 5 mins to fix once I found out what it was
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>There was an animal stuck in the wheel well???? Jane
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