Scott Alexander writes:
>Unfortunately, on Sunday, I ran into a starting problem. Each time I
>went to restart the car, I'd turn the key, get a solenoid click and
>that was that. The red "not charging" light would dim slightly so
>something was drawing power, but the starter wasn't turning. Each
>time, after letting me sweat for a while, on the umpteenth attempt to
>see if it would start, the starter would work normally, the car would
>start and away I would go. I didn't get a chance to look into it
>when I got home, so haven't started debugging it. Before I jumped in
>too deeply, I figured I'd check here in case this is one of those
>well known problems with some clean, elegant solution like hammering
>on the fuel pump.
Yep, hammer on the starter. Taking your charge light idication, it's
either a bod contact in the solinoid, or bad starter brushes. BTW,
good eye on picking up on the light. Not many people would catch that,
and it's a very good indication of power draw and availablity.
Randy
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