You might want to check the battery cables themselves. My Tiger stranded
me, much the same way yours did. After getting towed home, it took a week
of troubleshooting with a multimeter before I accidentally found the
problem. The negative cable had corroded back under the insulation and was
passing voltage, but the moment a heavy load (i.e., trying to start the
engine) the current carrying capacity went to he!! and everyting died. If I
let it sit for a while, the cable would again pass voltage (enough to run
the fuel pump), but If I turned on the headlights or tried to start the
engine everything died (again) Good luck!
Keep on Tigering!
--
Jim Sencindiver
On 6/7/07, Steinman, Bill <wsteinman@pogolaw.com> wrote:
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> Thanks Stu -- Should be a busy evening here in the garage at work!
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stu Brennan [mailto:stubrennan@comcast.net]
> Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 5:33 PM
> To: Steinman, Bill; tigers@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Tiger stuck at work -- electrical short?
>
>
>
> Bill:
>
> If you had a short, you would get some noticeable arcing or burning
> smells. If it was in the fused portion of the circuits, the fuse would
> pop. Instead, I think you have some major connection going OPEN, such
> as at the ignition switch or solenoid. When you get the headlights to
> come back on, try wiggling the key and all connections on the
> switch and solenoid to see what might cause them to flicker. Is the
> ignition switch getting hot? A poor contact passing a heavy current
> will generate heat.
>
>
> The fuel pump noises and the shutdown may or may not be related. Do you
> have an alternator or generator? If the line to the battery goes open
> on a generator car, it will keep running ok, but I don't know about an
> alternator car. Make sure all solenoid connections, both ends of the
> battery cables, and the ground cable are tight. If you had a voltmeter
> available you could read the voltages across the various connections,
> which are should be around zero if good.
>
> That's all I can think of for now.
>
> Stu
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