George,
Sounds to me like there is just some corrosion creeping into the cable
from battery to ground or to the hot lead of the solenoid. I'd almost
be willing to bet that a little cleaning would solve that problem.
Joe
Geo Hahn wrote:
>
> Quite often when I push the starter button on my TR nothing happens (not
> even a solenoid click)... but I've found that if I just tap the brake
> (lights) one time it will crank and start just fine. Once when this
> didn't work I turned the headlights on & off and that did the trick.
>
> The battery seems to be at full charge and is only 2 years old. No
> other electrical problems & everything appears to operate normally.
>
> By flashing the lights am I just "stirring things up"? Or is this an
> early manifestation of a more serious problem? (Or maybe the electicity
> is leaking onto the floor and "lights on" is needed to fill the wires up
> again ;^). TIA
>
> Geo Hahn
> 59 TR3A
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