[Shotimes] FW: No Start Condition

[Jason Hartberger]

Oooooooooooooooops. Make that http://autos.groups.yahoo.com/group/v6sho/.

Jason


Jason Hartberger wrote:
> Try joining the yahoo group (it's new! and replaces this one) at 
> http://groups.yahoo.com/v6sho. Post to there, most of us are on that 
> list exclusively now (I'm not). Oh, but what the other guy said is 
> right. If it won't even turn over, it's not the DIS/CPS/anything like 
> that. Battery, Starter, Cables, Solenoid. In that order. Rust on the 
> terminals will cause it to not turn. Once you get it to turn well, I 
> would suspect wiring. CPS and cam sensor are the only two things that 
> will fail intermittently like that. Wiring/terminal/lead might be 
> bad/rusted. Have fun with that one, it's hell.
>
> Jason
>
>
> Beisler Jonathon - Jacksonville wrote:
>> So, not one comment or idea on this?  I can't have stumped all of 
>> you....
>>
>>
>>
>>  
>>> Okay, this involves the 94 ATX that I sold last year.  The person is
>>>     
>> describing to me what sounds like a crank sensor failure.  The car will
>> sometimes start, sometimes not.  It's not related to heat though.  
>> Sometimes
>> the car will start when cold sometimes hot.  There really isn't a 
>> pattern.
>> The difference that I can think of is that it didn't really happen 
>> for a month
>> or more and then it started happening more frequently.  Now the car 
>> is dead in
>> the water.  It won't crank or anything, so I'm thinking there might 
>> be more
>> wrong.  The dealer she went to said that the entire wiring harness 
>> was bad.  I
>> can't imagine that.  If the DIS module was loose, it wouldn't keep 
>> the car
>> from cranking would it?  I know it's hard to diagnose something from 
>> third
>> party ramblings, but does anyone have any ideas that I might suggest 
>> to her?
>> She's moved to Birmingham, and I'm in Florida, so I can't even get a 
>> look at
>> the car myself.  The crank sensor is two years old and about 40,000 
>> miles.  I
>> replaced everything on the front at that time.  They usually last 
>> longer than
>> that, yes?  She mentioned that she had the transmission rebuilt right 
>> before
>> this started, is there something that could have been pulled loose or 
>> not
>> reconnected that could have caused this?
>>  
>>> Thanks for any ideas,
>>> JB
>>>     
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