Me again, unfortunately.
Reference my earlier post of no ignition light with key in the "on"
position: Fuses are OK, checked some other connections, could not find the body
to engine ground strap (there must be one, right?). If this could be the
problem, can anyone tell me where it is? I was under and over the car, but
don't see it.
I suddenly remembered that I have a multimeter (not sure why; I can't
really use it!). Anyway, the battery has 12V. I changed it for the one out of
our old Volvo, which also had about 12V, and found that suddenly I have an
ignition light and, with the ignition on or off, the headlights are fine. I
pressed the starter button, with everything but the ignition off. There were
clicks from the starter motor. I gave it a break, tried it again and you
could hear the (gear-reduction) starter almost turning the engine over, but
not quite. Bearing in mind the car is positive ground/earth, I put the
multimeter negative probe on the starter solenoid and grounded it with the
positive probe. 10V showed. I did the same at the starter motor connection
(main power) and also got about 10V. Still, the engine will not crank.
Any ideas? I wish the problem was just a pair of SU's out of tune; I'd have
that sorted in minutes!
Tim Dyer, Kings Creek Trees and Ornamentals
427 Kings Creek Road, RR3
Ashton, ON K0A 1B0
Canada
Phone/fax: 613 253 4126 Website: _www.kingscreektrees.com_
(http://www.kingscreektrees.com/)
Proud member of Landscape Ontario (the Ontario association for horticul
ture professionals), the Canadian Nursery and Landscape Association, the
Ottawa Botanical Garden Society, the Carleton Place Horticultural Society and
the Christmas Tree Farmers of Ontario
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