East Texas Area ZR-1 Owner Needs Help

[billybaloneey]

I have a '94...#445...it has been sitting in my garage for a couple of years...it was running at the time of storage. I had been keeping it on a trickle charger and would start it up occasionally. A few months back I tried to start it...no response...not even a starter click sound. Went and got a new battery, thinking that was the issue...installed the new battery...still, not even a starter click. Took the battery back for an exchange thinking that might have been the issue...they load tested it and said it was good.

Putting out a call for mechanically inclined ZR-1 owners in the area/vacinity of East Texas...Beaumont is a nearby larger city...for reference purposes. I will make it worth while for any on-site assistance/help to get it running again. At this point I'm concerned about fuel stagnation becoming a bigger issue later due to not being able to keeping it running.

Thanks,
Clint

[GOLDCYLON]

Are the interior lights coming on ? The start up lights in the DIC? Is the security light flashing ?

Or are you reporting you have ZERO power. Or POWER but no start ?

[Paul Workman]

I have a '94...#445...it has been sitting in my garage for a couple of years...it was running at the time of storage. I had been keeping it on a trickle charger and would start it up occasionally. A few months back I tried to start it...no response...not even a starter click sound. Went and got a new battery, thinking that was the issue...installed the new battery...still, not even a starter click. Took the battery back for an exchange thinking that might have been the issue...they load tested it and said it was good.

Putting out a call for mechanically inclined ZR-1 owners in the area/vacinity of East Texas...Beaumont is a nearby larger city...for reference purposes. I will make it worth while for any on-site assistance/help to get it running again. At this point I'm concerned about fuel stagnation becoming a bigger issue later due to not being able to keeping it running.

Thanks,
Clint

I agree w/ Daryl (above), far as some clues go.

Here is a link to an article by Marc Haibeck (http://www.zr1specialist.com/HAT%20Web/articles/diagnosing%20starter%20problems.htm) regarding starter issues. Some very good info here, and in particular his procedure for "waking up" a starter that may not have been exercised for a while.

Below is a starter circuit diagram of the 93+ cars. In RED is the high current path to the starter. The GREEN path is that of the relay current; relays that handle the heavy current. (You may read a lot about a "installing a RELAY" in some threads, including a relay schematic. However, this modification I designed for the 90-92s and shouldn't be confused with the 93-95 cars. (HOWEVER, that isn't to say your clutch switch couldn't be the problem: just not nearly as likely.)

http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x220/6PPC_bucket/tech%20files/95starterviaHaibeck_zps4f96d5a3.jpg (http://s185.photobucket.com/user/6PPC_bucket/media/tech%20files/95starterviaHaibeck_zps4f96d5a3.jpg.html)

Keep us posted...

[billybaloneey]

Thanks for the quick replies...in my initial post I should have added that the complete electrical system is dead...and that I had already suspected a single point of failure...or at least that's a logical assumption for me.

I guess it's time to break out the test light and VOM, and some troubleshooting.

Thanks for the schematic that was posted.

[GOLDCYLON]

Id pull the battery and start with the cables. You mentioned this was stored for a while so rodents chewing up the wires would be an area of concern.

[gbrtng]

Start at the terminal block behind the battery - corrosion is your enemy - that's the distribution center for all the vehicle's power.

[USAFPILOT]

any mice in that garage?