Help!!
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Help!!
Hey guys. I have a few questions if you don't mind answering. I have a 1987 C4 Corvette that has died on me. The car was runnning perfect, then one time I stopped driving it for about a week. One day I had to move it, so I try to start it and nothing. I charged the battery, and it cranked over, but not enough juice. So I went out and bought a whole new battery because the current one was really old. So I poped that one in, and nothing. So I gave up for a while. Then I tried it like 2 weeks later and it completly doesn't work. It doesn't even crank over. I tried manually turning the crank pully, and it didn't budge. I took the starter off and tested it, and it was perfect. So I put it back on and then tried taking all the spark plugs out, and trying it. Nothing. I'm afraid it's froze but thats the last thing I want to think . Do you guys have any suggestions? Please help me!
Le Mans Master
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Your questions sound a little "phony". How did you "manually turn(ing) the crank pully"? Who waits 2 weeks, "So I gave up for a while. Then I tried it like 2 weeks later and it completly doesn't work." ?
You also posted this in the C5 section?!
I notice you are "brand new" here, are you a "troll"?
You also posted this in the C5 section?!
I notice you are "brand new" here, are you a "troll"?
Melting Slicks
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Your questions sound a little "phony". How did you "manually turn(ing) the crank pully"? Who waits 2 weeks, "So I gave up for a while. Then I tried it like 2 weeks later and it completly doesn't work." ?
You also posted this in the C5 section?!
I notice you are "brand new" here, are you a "troll"?
You also posted this in the C5 section?!
I notice you are "brand new" here, are you a "troll"?
This post does seem a bit
......taking off starter to test...hmmmWhat is a "troll" anyway ??????
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Cruising
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Your questions sound a little "phony". How did you "manually turn(ing) the crank pully"? Who waits 2 weeks, "So I gave up for a while. Then I tried it like 2 weeks later and it completly doesn't work." ?
You also posted this in the C5 section?!
I notice you are "brand new" here, are you a "troll"?
You also posted this in the C5 section?!
I notice you are "brand new" here, are you a "troll"?
Last edited by Spikeroo; Mar 11, 2009 at 02:56 PM.
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Burning Brakes
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Hey guys. I have a few questions if you don't mind answering. I have a 1987 C4 Corvette that has died on me. The car was runnning perfect, then one time I stopped driving it for about a week. One day I had to move it, so I try to start it and nothing. I charged the battery, and it cranked over, but not enough juice. So I went out and bought a whole new battery because the current one was really old. So I poped that one in, and nothing. So I gave up for a while. Then I tried it like 2 weeks later and it completly doesn't work. It doesn't even crank over. I tried manually turning the crank pully, and it didn't budge. I took the starter off and tested it, and it was perfect. So I put it back on and then tried taking all the spark plugs out, and trying it. Nothing. I'm afraid it's froze but thats the last thing I want to think . Do you guys have any suggestions? Please help me!
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To the OP, it really could be a lot of things from your description. Could be a VATS prob, bad starter, fuel pump, the list goes on and on. If it was running fine and it just quit starting its prob not frozen. Do you have a battery charger to keep the new battery alive till you figure it out?
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It kinda sounds like you have a voltage "leak", like something is draining the battery. Have you tested voltage at the battery? Should be around 12.5 volts. Also check the voltage at the starter and it should be the same. If they're both good and you dont get a solenoid click, then I would suspect a bad fusible link.
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It kinda sounds like you have a voltage "leak", like something is draining the battery. Have you tested voltage at the battery? Should be around 12.5 volts. Also check the voltage at the starter and it should be the same. If they're both good and you dont get a solenoid click, then I would suspect a bad fusible link.