Sounds like the same problem I had with my riding lawnmower last spring. It's
not an LBC, it's a John Deere. But at least it's history also started with a
tractor.
Try cleaning the battery posts and the cables with a battery brush. You
probably reached terminal (pun intended...couldn't help myself) corrosion at the
connections and hence the differing results when trying to start your car.
Things like holding the key on and jiggling the battery (which you did) will
often breakup just enough corrosion to overcome the break in your starting
circuit.
Bud 71 TR6 CC57365 and 89 John Deere RX95 (12 HP)
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Subject: Funny Noise at Ignition
Author: "David J. Stephenson" <daves96@concentric.net>
Date: 9/22/98 7:30 PM
Something happened today which makes me nervous and upon which perhaps
someone can shed some light. I started my 74 TR-6 this morning and I
heard a sort of clicking noise as I turned the key. The engine started
after a second and the noise disappeared. After driving a while I
stopped the car and turned-off the engine. Returning a few minutes later
I turned the key and nothing happened. No ignition light. No noises.
Nothing. I popped the hood, pushed the battery back slighly, prayed
softly, and when I turned the key, the engine turned over right away. My
questions is, is it the battery?, ignition switch?, starter?, solonoid?,
a combo?, or the dark force of Lucas? BTW, when the car idles at about
800 rpm the ignition light flickers abit now and then. I've had the car
15 years and this has never happened before. Any insight would be
greatly appreciated. Thanks, Dave Stephenson
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