[Bricklin] Strange electrical problem

[bricklin0095 at aol.com]

There are fusible links at the starter soenoid and maybe the Ampmeter guage
but when they go they don't come back.
It is most likely a?bad battery.. Actually my daily did the same thing a month
ago.. The other possibility is the amp guage is going bad. All power passes
through it.. They usually quit all at once too... I would definetly try a
battery first..




-----Original Message-----
From: isensee at aol.com
To: bricklin at autox.team.net
Sent: Tue, Mar 23, 2010 7:09 pm
Subject: [Bricklin] Strange electrical problem




When I turned the key to start my Bricklin this afternoon, the starter didn't
crank at all and everything electrical quit - the interior lights went out,
the door wouldn't close, and the air compressor quit running. I thought the
battery might be run down so I hooked up one of those jumper boxes, but no
luck. After a couple of minutes, the power came back on. When I turned the key
again though it all shut down again. I went through several cycles of this
until, finally, the starter cranked over, the car started up and I was able to
drive home with no problems.

It acts as if there is a circuit breaker tripping and then resetting after
some period of time, however, as far as I know, there is no breaker
controlling all the power. Any idea what could cause these symptoms?

Scott
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