Bill Bryant wrote:
>I arrived home in the car, it was running fine...
>15 minutes later, I go to start it again and it cranks once briefly and then
>nothing, no click, no horn, no lights...
>
This sounds like the classic jammed starter problem -- the bendix gets
jammed in the flywheel. The solution is to put the gearbox in 4th and
rock the car backwards... pushing on the top of a rear wheel gives you
good leverage. If the starter is jammed the car will not want to move
at all... then suddenly it should let go with a decided 'pop'.
>when ignition key is on, it is hot right to the starter, in fact when the
>ignition is ON EVERYTHING IS HOT! The block, the fender, EVERTHING tests
>hot...
>
This I don't understand -- if everything is hot as you say, what are you
using for a ground when you test it?
Geo Hahn
59 TR3A
Mt Lemmon, AZ
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