<VV> starting problem-suggestions?

[Shaun]

One trick I use to find the offending connection is this:
Turn the key and get the click...leave the key in the "start" position for
just a few more seconds. Now go back to the battery and feel the posts, the
warm one is the offender.

yea, Vairily ... Shaun

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Keillor" <dkeillor at ultrex.com>
Cc: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2005 2:50 PM
Subject: RE: <VV> starting problem-suggestions?


> >>It seems like the connection can take only so much draw and when it is
> >>exceeded it acts like a fuse and shuts the car down.
>
> Mike, your "fuse" analysis is exactly correct.  There is a bad connection
> (usually corrosion) and a high ammerage draw (e.g., starter) "burns-out"
the
> connection and leaves it open.  When that happens, nothing works until you
> wiggle the connector to re-establish another poor connection or clean it
> properly.  Anytime you get this behavior (stuff works, high amperage draw
> and nothing works, wiggle a connection and stuff works again) it's almost
> certainly a bad connection somewhere in the path of the high amperage
draw.
>
> Dave Keillor
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