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> Why doesn't my car run?!?! HELP, Electrical problems suck....
ojai914
post Mar 26 2006, 05:03 PM
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OK, I just picked up a '70 1.7L and it didn't run. I narrowed it down to electrical problems, and I just replaced the distributer cap and rotor, charged the battery and got it tested, replaced the spark plug wires and coil, and made sure everything looked good. However it still doesn't work.

I tried sparking the starter motor to make it run, and even that didn't get it to turn over.

Now the really weird thing is that yesterday, I got it to turn over first try by just turning the key but now it won't do that. Does anyone have suggestions or pointers of things I can look at? Help a n00b out, please.

Thanks,
Mark
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post Mar 27 2006, 10:21 AM
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You just bought someone elses car. You need to do a once over on the wiring and find any modifications. See if you can see anything that has been spliced or tape together.
I had a 914 that had a wire spliced into the ignition switch. Everything would come on but as soon as I went to crank it over everything went dead.

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