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03-20-2012 | #1 |
Join Date: Feb 2012
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Karma
It was a picture perfect day in Eastern North Carolina. The sun was shining bright, the skies were Carolina Blue and with temperatures in the high 70's I decided to play hooky from work this afternoon and take the car for a spin.
Well, karma is a bitch, isn't it? I pick up the ZR-1 and head home to pick up my wife. The top is out and she hops in with a big smile for her first ride. No start. This is the 3rd no start -- so I am seeing a pattern. It happens once every 10-20 starts and only when the car is hot. I should just go back to work, but at this point I am committed. We give it an hour to cool and try it again. Crickets. I push it up the driveway, let it roll back down, pop the clutch in 2nd and she comes alive. So we got to enjoy the car a little today anyway. When I parked it in the garage at the end of the day, it started three times. Perhaps I paid my cosmic dues. |
03-20-2012 | #2 |
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Re: Karma
All I have to say is Mmmwwwahahahah! Don't you just love it. Brother let's talk about no start. It will leave you hanging at the worst possible times everytime. The first time I experienced it was at the drag strip. Got my tech card and was ready to race and No Start. I had to wait 3 hours before it would start. I made 4 runs down the strip and the next day I replaced the starter and never ever had no start again. Its the starter solenoid. You can either buy the kit to rebuild the solenoid or just spend the $129 and get a new starter and solenoid and be done with it.
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03-20-2012 | #3 |
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Re: Karma
sounds like the clutch switch
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03-20-2012 | #4 |
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03-20-2012 | #5 |
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Re: Karma
Rebuild starter.
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03-20-2012 | #6 |
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Re: Karma
mine did the same thing. was the clutch switch. would only do it after driving in trafic
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03-21-2012 | #7 |
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Re: Karma
If you turn the key on and have voltage going through the purple wire going to the started that means you have juice going to the starter. In that case its not the clutch switch.
Last edited by rhipsher; 03-21-2012 at 03:49 PM. |
03-20-2012 | #8 |
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Re: Karma
Voltage fluctuates with the clutch.
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03-21-2012 | #9 |
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Re: Karma
Voltage fluctuating with the clutch = starter solenoid, not the switch...Bet money on it!
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03-21-2012 | #10 |
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Re: Karma
I have had the same problem 3 times. After being stranded twice i bypassed the clutch switch and the VATS and it stii happened the next time I drove it ii guess the starter is the only thing left. I have never pulled the plenum, but I guess it's time to give it a try.
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