Electric gremlin
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Electric gremlin
Hi all,
Bit of a saga on 68.. broke down at gas station last week.
No ignition.. popped a new fuse in, which got me running.. now . At home.. issue had manifest itself again.. sometimes dead entirely, sometimes fires, and dies immediately.
the car has a recently replaced starter solenoid, so that was my first suspect, but I'm not sure the symptoms fit? Possibly the ignition switch? Anything else I should be looking at?
Hei dizzy.. anything to be mindful of?
Bit of a saga on 68.. broke down at gas station last week.
No ignition.. popped a new fuse in, which got me running.. now . At home.. issue had manifest itself again.. sometimes dead entirely, sometimes fires, and dies immediately.
the car has a recently replaced starter solenoid, so that was my first suspect, but I'm not sure the symptoms fit? Possibly the ignition switch? Anything else I should be looking at?
Hei dizzy.. anything to be mindful of?
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Ignition.. I'm starting to think it might be the loose fitting wire that runs from the middle of the fusebox to the hei.
presumably, if that connection is intermittent, the thing will stop whenever it's not got 12v?
presumably, if that connection is intermittent, the thing will stop whenever it's not got 12v?
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Worst case: The fuse box is actually two halves bolted together with mating wire connectors inside. The corrosion inside causes low voltage or No voltage.
Do the wire-wiggle-test: while the car is idling in Park or neutral wiggle the wires at the distributor connection to see if you can cause the engine to stumble or die. Do the same to the connections at the starter........alternator.......firewall fuse block.....each u der-hood harness for broen wires in the wiring bundles.
Then do the same u der the dash at the fuse block.....ignition switch.......wiring bundles that you can reach to see if any of those will cause the engine to stumble.
It may take an hour to do this but it can save you from having to replace components that are still in good condition..
Do the wire-wiggle-test: while the car is idling in Park or neutral wiggle the wires at the distributor connection to see if you can cause the engine to stumble or die. Do the same to the connections at the starter........alternator.......firewall fuse block.....each u der-hood harness for broen wires in the wiring bundles.
Then do the same u der the dash at the fuse block.....ignition switch.......wiring bundles that you can reach to see if any of those will cause the engine to stumble.
It may take an hour to do this but it can save you from having to replace components that are still in good condition..
