Dave wrote:
Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 07:47:33 -0400
From: "Dave Martin" <[email protected]>
Subject: [alfa] RE: Spyder Engine quit-then Started again
Alfisti:
Thanks for the suggestions I've received.
This happened Sunday morning (Fathers Day) and because the kids were home I
left it sitting all day in the dentist's parking lot, and had not yet had a
chance to act on any of your suggestions. That evening I went to put a
"engine won't start" note in the window.
For a lark, I turned the key - the engine started! Whoa! So immediately
drove towards home. 100 yards from my house, it quit again. As I was
coasting I tried to pop the clutch and restart - it didn't - but a moment
later with a turn of the key it did start. It's now in the garage at home.
Don't you just love intermittent problems? How do you diagnose that which
sometimes works, sometimes doesn't?
Yep. What I do is, when it works, wiggle things until it doesn't. When
it doesn't, wiggle things until it does. Eventually you get the list is
candidates narrowed down to one. Sometimes it's the right one.
Of course, you might find it an effective use of time (assuming Skip's
loose plug suggestion doesn't fix your problem) to simply replace the
whole wiring harness. I'm considering that on an '86 Spider with
intermittents in the lights and wipers. That car responds to a light
kick into the rat's nest of wires under the dash. Maybe yours will, too.
Michael
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