Re: [DML] Serious Megasquirt Question

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I had cables but I figured why bother asking someone for help when I could just call roadside.  

The issue ended up being a wiring problem.  There wire going from the cooling fan circuit breaker to the starter was on the wrong terminal.  It is supposed to be on the unprotected side.  Instead, a previous owner put this wire on the protected side and the starter wasn't getting enough amps to do its job. 

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On Apr 24, 2012, at 11:32 AM, gmfm1@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> What was wrong with the car that it stalled and the battery was dead and wouldn't start the car? 
> You didn't have the auxiliary jump start battery with you or jumper cables to use with another vehicle?
> Gary Masie
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Stephen Rice 
> Date: Tuesday, April 24, 2012 12:27 pm
> Subject: Re: [DML] Serious Megasquirt Question
> To: dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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>> He just freaked out because it was a Delorean, got all cocky 
>> saying he
>> was tempted not to come out to give me a jump start, and then drove
>> off and told me I would need to contact AAA to get someone else to
>> give me a tow. What ticked me off is he had a flat bed truck.
>> 
>> Come to think of it, it might have been roadside assistance with a
>> company other than AAA. My insurance company has roadside assistance
>> and that might have been what I was using. Regardless, I canceled
>> roadside assistance after that. You are going to have to deal with
>> the same crap with whoever they contract to do the work.
>> 
>> After the guy refused to tow me home, I opened the door, pushed the
>> car about 20 feet (by myself), jumped in, and bumped the transmission
>> in 2nd gear. I drove the car home and fixed the problem myself. 
>> It
>> took me about 2 minutes to push start the car after I wasted 
>> over an
>> hour on roadside assistance. After that incident, I vowed to never
>> use roadside assistance again.
>> 
>> -Steve Rice
>> #16510
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>> On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 11:16 AM, Farrar Hudkins 
>> wrote:
>>> On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 11:14 AM, Stephen Rice 
>> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> **
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> The driver can deny to tow your car.
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> What reason did the driver give? I would have complained 
>> mightily to AAA.
>>> 
>>> Farrar Hudkins
>>> #2613
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