Richard Berg
Veteran Member
If you're following my life story, it picks up somewhere around here -- after grabbing lunch on my way from the SCOTUS to SpeedTuning, turning the key to 'start' did something quite bad. My memory of the split second isn't great since I wasn't really paying attention, but all the electricals I'd "fixed" fritzed out...and the car didn't start. Luckily with manuals all you really need is a slight downgrade to pop the clutch, but needless to say this was kinda distressing.
At Oli's, we poked around a bit to see if there'd be a quick fix. The same fuse (#21, listed as controlling the cig lighter / interior lights / control panel / etc.) was blown, unsurprisingly, but we couldn't deduce what was up with the starter. A multimeter shows it getting current, which then spikes repeatedly when I try to start -- meanwhile it makes a loud clicking noise, sounding to my inexperienced ear like it's stuck on something.
I know the problems are related, however: even with another fuse swapped into #21, the tripmeter & clock reset when I try to run the starter. Guess I just have to determine what it all means...an internal short in the starter?
I'll drop by the shop that replaced the fuse the first time and see if they can have a closer look this afternoon, but if it's something easily fixable I may as well save it for the upcoming cleaning project that I apparently need...
[ October 10, 2002, 11:33: Message edited by: Richard Berg ]
At Oli's, we poked around a bit to see if there'd be a quick fix. The same fuse (#21, listed as controlling the cig lighter / interior lights / control panel / etc.) was blown, unsurprisingly, but we couldn't deduce what was up with the starter. A multimeter shows it getting current, which then spikes repeatedly when I try to start -- meanwhile it makes a loud clicking noise, sounding to my inexperienced ear like it's stuck on something.
I know the problems are related, however: even with another fuse swapped into #21, the tripmeter & clock reset when I try to run the starter. Guess I just have to determine what it all means...an internal short in the starter?
I'll drop by the shop that replaced the fuse the first time and see if they can have a closer look this afternoon, but if it's something easily fixable I may as well save it for the upcoming cleaning project that I apparently need...
[ October 10, 2002, 11:33: Message edited by: Richard Berg ]