don't change your air filter!

[rocco_phil at yahoo.com (Phil Boeye)]

Get the hexhead bolts for your starter.  That 3sq
stuff is crap.

-RP

--- Blake Irvin <blake@clockworm.com> wrote:

> oooh - nice tip!  the bentley does not mention that
> in its  
> troubleshooting section.  i'll have to look at that
> in the am.
> 
> i may also vise-grip off my starter (canNOT find
> triple-square keys  
> anywhere...) and take it to the auto place for a
> test...
> 
> did find some wierd unconnected hoses today, a mouse
> hole in the  
> bottom of the airbox (little teethmarks round the
> edge), rust, almost  
> broken wires that I reconnected, etc.  so maybe not
> bad in the end.
> 
>  >>>> also, that metal lip that goes around the
> transmission bell  
> housing has some bolts through it - the bottom-most
> one is missing on  
> my housing - is this a problem?
> 
> blake/
> 
> On Nov 5, 2005, at 8:47 , C Boyko wrote:
> 
> > On 8:34:47 pm 11/05/05 Blake Irvin
> <blake@clockserver.homeip.net>  
> > wrote:
> >> i just did my on my 16v and now the car will not
> start/turn over
> >>
> >> checked all fuses under dash - ok
> >>
> >> disassembled most of the relays under dash - look
> OK
> >>
> >> fuel pump relay makes a buzzing sound (see small
> sparks as gate
> >> opens/ closes rapidly) but i hear the fuel pump
> still turning
> >>
> >> engine does not even attempt to turn over -
> starter looks like a
> >> relatively new part.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> maybe the solenoid?  still working on testing out
> voltages as the
> >> bentley recommends.
> >
> > Well, under the airbox, for some top secret
> reason, is the main  
> > ground to
> > the frame. Perhaps you knocked it loose, it may
> have been nearly  
> > rotted off
> > if original. It's a stellar corrosion trap.
> There's also a big  
> > ground wire
> > from there that runs to the tranny. Either of
> these could easily  
> > cause a no
> > start. If it were me? I'd check them, and also the
> small wires on the
> > starter and the coil, they are easily knocked
> loose. Actually, I'm  
> > a lazy
> > ass, I'd probably hook a jumper cable from
> negative on the battery  
> > to the
> > tranny housing, and see if that does the trick,
> then I'd go through  
> > the fun
> > of cleaning it up. (check that the hookups to the
> battery are sound  
> > and
> > tight too)
> >
> > Cathy
> > Sister of the Church of the Free Electron
> >
> >
> 
> 
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