My 91 "faked me out" with a no start- anything to check?

[billschroeder5842]

My '91 gave me a "start" this morning by non starting, then starting, so let me start...

Leaving for work, I turned the key on and hadfull power to the dash however the turn of the key forward and nothing...nothing. I made sure my clutch was fully depressed and again, nothing. My first thought was VATS and I went into the house to get the (new) spare.

A few (less than 5) minutes later I used the new key and *pop* the engine turned and started right up as usual. I let it run for about 10 seconds, turned it off and tried again with the "old" key and *pop* everything turned and the engine started right up. Huh?

I took the '89 to work today as I didn't want to trust the 91 until I did some more checking. (I love my ZR1 but the '89 is very fun and "scooty").

I'll read over the stickys on "the dreaded no start" later tonight, but since I had a few minutes at work, I'd ask if there was a couple of obvious things I needed to check first?

The '91 has been 100% bullet proof in the 18 months and 8K miles I've had her.

Thanks guys!!