non-start

[blake at clockworm.com (Blake)]

thanks the advice guys.  i like daun's concept - i can easily see how
this might be a grounding issue - i've been having them for a while
now, and right at the moment everything is all wet, which may further
screw with my electrics.

i'll also be taking off the dist. cap in the morning and doing the spark test.

thx,
blake/

(bummer is, today we had a ton of ice - i wanted to go slide around in
the mall-wart parking lot or something...)

On 1/25/06, Daun Yeagley <vwdaun@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> --- T Berk <bayareaberk@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > engine turns over just fine and electricals that
> > > worked before still
> > > do - but i don't think the plugs are firing at all
> > > (except maybe once,
> > > as i turn the key to 'off' - then i think i hear a
> > > single cylinder go
> > > off).
>
> Ah ha!  The key piece of information.
>
> Try hooking up one lead of a set of jumper cables to the
> negative battery terminal, and the other to the alternator
> bracket (or some other heavy-duty ground) and see if it
> doesn't fire right up.
>
> Free_The_Electron.
>
>
> Daun Yeagley - Wilmington Ohio
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