Check battery connections, battery, and starter.
On Thu, Mar 6, 2008 at 4:19 PM, John Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
wilton strickland wrote:
I missed symptoms. What does it do now - automatically, that is?
Original Post: I'm looking at a car in Atlanta that one day just decided
it
Lights stay bright = Electrical problem before the starter
windings.
Lights go very dim = Bad Connection, Starter is cooked, MOTOR
IS SEIZED.
Or weak battery
Look before you jump...
Pete
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I'm looking at a car in Atlanta that one day just decided it didn't want
to start. When the key is turned nothing happens, no noises, etc. The
owner tried starting it in neutral, and has cranked the engine over by
hand. What do you guys think is the problem?
If I could make arrangements
Find out what's wrong -- if the starter is locked up, jumpering it
won't help!
You short between the small wire and battery connection on the
solenoid. Not too bad on a NA 61x, but hard to reach on the turbo
models and impossible on a 60x. the starter it buried.
You can jump it at the
Peter Frederick wrote:
Find out what's wrong -- if the starter is locked up, jumpering it
won't help!
I don't think the guy is willing to diagnose it much. If the starter
was locked up, when going to start the car any lights that are on would
dim correct? If it is an electrical problem
My histroy says,
Lights stay bright = Eledctrical problem before the starter windings.
Lights go very dim = Bad Connection, Starter is cooked, MOTOR IS SIEZED.
Look before you jump...
Pete
-- Original message --
From: John Robbins [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Peter
Peter said
You can jump it at the wire terminals over on the passenger side
on a W123, but I've never done it.
When I had my 300TD and before that the 240D, I hard wired in a remote start
switch to those wire terminals. Worked like a champ.
Royce
I missed symptoms. What does it do now - automatically, that is?
Wilton
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wilton strickland wrote:
I missed symptoms. What does it do now - automatically, that is?
Original Post: I'm looking at a car in Atlanta that one day just decided
it didn't want to start. When the key is turned nothing happens, no
noises, etc. The owner tried starting it in neutral, and has
Has anybody tried banking on the starter with a stick, etc., while turning
the key?
Wilton
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wilton strickland wrote:
Has anybody tried banking on the starter with a stick, etc., while turning
the key?
I'm in Starkville, MS and the car is in Atlanta, GA... I haven't done
any banging, but not sure of the current owner has.
John
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You short between the small wire and battery connection on the
solenoid. Not too bad on a NA 61x, but hard to reach on the turbo
models and impossible on a 60x. the starter it buried.
On diesels you can jump-start from the GP relay control
connector. Jumper pins 1 or 2 to the fuse screw,
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