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Re: [Healeys] Another "won't start"

To: Robert Duquette <robertduquette@sympatico.ca>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Another "won't start"
From: Oudesluys <coudesluijs@chello.nl>
Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:52:13 +0200
  Check battery connections, earth strap, starter relay.
Kees Oudesluijs
NL

Op 30-8-2010 0:38, Robert Duquette schreef:
> Recently, very recently, someone posted instructions on how to test the
> electrical system.
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> Could you resend that?
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> I went out for a drive yesterday ( with my wife again ) for maybe 1.5 hours
> round trip includhttp://chelseasmokehouse.com/ing a road construction traffic
> jam on the way there and a demonstration traffic detour on the return trip,
> with a shortish stop at a store as a destination.  As an aside, I must have a
> 160 degree thermostat in there, as the temp varied on that hot day between 160
> and 190.  So, anyway, I drove there, parked, went into the shop for 10-15
> minutes, came out, started and drove home, parked in the driveway while
> unloading the food from http://chelseasmokehouse.com/ ( UK content; the newish
> owners are from the UK ).  Came back out 5 minutes later with the intention of
> doing a couple of local errands and 'click'; 'no start'.  I listened for the
> fuel pump, but didn't hear it.  ( no surprise there as I don't hear much with
> any kind of background noise )  So, I pushed it into the garage and we
> completed our tour in the 'ru.  After a while, I went out to the garage and
> turned the key on ( temp gauge around 120 ) and could hear the fuel pump on
> quite clearly ( isolated from street sounds, etc ) and got the click when
> pressing the start button.  I did it a few times and the car started.  I let
> it run for 30 seconds or so, shut it off, and tried again a few times with no
> luck.  So, I went through the motions to charge the battery, figuring that a
> battery cable had bounced loose again.  The cables appeared to be tight
> enough, but I know that I have to make the rounds and make sure connections
> are clean and tight.  So ... I connected the battery charger, and  ... it did
> not appear to be in bad shape.  So, it would seem to me that I have a heat
> related electrical issue ... or my wife is a jinx.  :)
>
> Robert Duquette
> Ottawa ON Canada
> 1965 RHD BRG Austin-Healey Sprite ( project )
> 1967 RHD MG Midget ( aka: Miss Marple )
> 1955 Austin-Healey 100 BN1 ( aka: Carmen )
>
> http://www3.sympatico.ca/robertduquette/temp/2009FallTour.jpg
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