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| SirAndy |
  Aug 4 2007, 04:37 PM
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Resident German  Group: Admin Posts: 42,254 Joined: 21-January 03 From: Oakland, Kalifornia Member No.: 179 Region Association: Northern California  |
last night i went to start up my car, i turned the key (gauge lights come on), i try to start her and everything went dead.
gauge lights went out, no starter, nothing. tried the blinkers, horn etc. nada. so i think the battery might be dead, take a voltmeter to the posts, ~13V. hmmmm ... now what? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif) Andy |
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| swl |
Aug 5 2007, 05:45 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,409 Joined: 7-August 05 From: Kingston,On,Canada Member No.: 4,550 Region Association: Canada |
You really need to do some measurements with the key in the start position. Like jbart suggested the battery could be pooched - shows 12+v but drops like a stone when you put a load on it. All the rest of the suggestions are good but a pooched battery is the simplist answer to explain going from good to no good that suddenly.
Failing that I would add the ignition switch as a candidate. Again - throw a meter on something that is switched 12v |
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SirAndy car dead, now what? Aug 4 2007, 04:37 PM
Tobra Short in ignition switch? Maybe something groundi... Aug 4 2007, 04:42 PM swl what happens to the voltage when you try to crank ... Aug 4 2007, 04:58 PM McMark No starter? Did you try the screwdriver trick? T... Aug 4 2007, 05:07 PM Spoke Did you measure voltage at the battery post or the... Aug 4 2007, 10:00 PM
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Did you measure voltage at the battery post or th... Aug 4 2007, 10:51 PM Spoke
uhmmmm, like i said, nothing electrical works. n... Aug 5 2007, 06:35 AM john rogers Do you have a kill switch? If so, jumper over the ... Aug 4 2007, 10:33 PM Type 4 Unleashed Sounds like a connection issue, pull the cables an... Aug 4 2007, 10:58 PM WaideS
Sounds like a connection issue, pull the cables a... Aug 4 2007, 11:20 PM JBart I had something like that happen to an old jeep I ... Aug 4 2007, 11:29 PM tod914 have a spare volt reg u can swap out andy? Aug 5 2007, 10:53 AM JPB If your battery holds a charge while you hook up a... Aug 5 2007, 11:19 AM kwales This is so catastrophic it has to be simple. It... Aug 5 2007, 12:19 PM Brando Andy, what kind of battery? Gel-cell or lead-and-a... Aug 5 2007, 04:58 PM SirAndy so yesterday afternoon, i go and borrow my friend... Aug 5 2007, 05:33 PM Brando Might as well replace the switch while you have a ... Aug 5 2007, 05:58 PM r_towle loose ground.
Not sure where the wiring is going i... Aug 5 2007, 07:08 PM |
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