[Healeys] Real-time Help Needed

[Rich C]

Mike,

Sounds like a bad connection at the battery or to ground. Feel around for a 
terminal that is getting hot as you try to crank the starter. I've seen 
exactly this symptom more than once. Last time was with a customer's new 
Optima gel cell battery with brass screw-in post type trminals. He had his 
battery cables tight on the brass posts, but they were loose where they 
screw into the battery.

Good luck

Rich Chrysler

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <mewilliams at comcast.net>
To: <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, August 07, 2009 3:44 PM
Subject: [Healeys] Real-time Help Needed


> Lusters,
>
> Im on the side of the road in my 55 BN1. I turned off the engine to go 
> into a store. When I came back to turn on the ignition there was a single 
> click from the starter (or solenoid, not sure) and then nothing. I noticed 
> that the fuel guage goes to empty and the horn does not work. Checked both 
> fuses and they are good. If I turn off the battery switch in the boot and 
> then turn it on again, the horn works again and if I turn the key the fuel 
> guage comes back up to half (which is correct). If I press the start 
> button, I hear the click and the fuel guage goes back to empty and horn 
> does not work. Turning the battery switch off then on resets everything. 
> The engine had just come up to operating temp so I dont suspect heat is an 
> issue. Ideas?
>
> --Mike
> 55 BN1
>
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