<VV> Posting

[Frank DuVal]

Your post worked!

Sounds like the HRPT, or horrid red plastic thingy. A popular discussion 
item here. The positive lead from the battery has a small (10ga or so) 
wire that connects to a junction screwed with one screw to the chassis. 
Clean this connection.

I'm sure others will also answer with their solution.

Btw, Welcome!

Frank DuVal

Carl Wager wrote:

>I am trying to find out how to make a posting.  My 65 Corsa shuts down
>electrically.  I mean graveyard dead.  No lights, no radio, no engine - just
>nothing.  I cannot find the reason.  It would appears as some type of system
>circuit shutdown.  The battery is new.  All connections are tight.
>Yesterday, I decided to check all connections as it had been dead since
>Wednesday.  I turned on the key and the radio so when I found it I would
>know.  In two minutes the system all came alive.  Worked fine all day.  This
>morning, it was again dead.  I put the key in and turned it to on.  The
>radio came on after about 30 seconds.  If I turned on the lights, the system
>went dead.  Turned off the lights and the radio started playing.  After
>about 2 minutes, the whole system was backup.  Lights, radio, engines - the
>works.  Someone has to have had this before. Please let me know how to go
>about posting.
>
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>Thanks
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>Carl Wager
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