Hello, Check the main battery GND Regards Johan VIN5425 ----- Original Message ----- From: <Soma576@xxxxxxx> To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 3:08 PM Subject: [DML] sudden death > List, > > I just got my car out of storage and have yet to do any work on it. the > first day out it performed just fine, and now yesterday i was driving normally > down a busy street when the engine suddenly died. unable to restart while in > motion (the car cranks but will not restart), i pulled into a parking lot and > began inspecting fuses, ignition resistor wires, relays, etc. it finally started > after i pulled up on the inertia plunger and let it back down. i figured i > must have kicked it (even though it is an 82 in the new location) so i showed > my girlfriend what happened by letting the car run, then pulled up on the > plunger which of course killed the car. then it put it back down and attempted to > start the car. no start. i played with the switch to no avail for a good 10 > minutes, then began checking my fuses again. i had my girlfriend crank for a > couple seconds and then i tapped the fuse box and it came to life. as soon as > i closed my door, the car died again. i checked the fuel pump while she was > cranking and found that it only was running for about one second while > cranking and then shutting off. is that correct? the RPM relay is newer and in good > shape. after sitting a minute we tried starting again and it fired up, only > to die again when i shut my door. we limped home and now I am at the computer > looking for answers. > > i checked the inertia switch wiring and it appears in perfect shape, so i > don't think it really is the switch. any other ideas? reversing the CPR and > cold start wiring didn't help. > > Andy > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx > > For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com > > To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/