car mysteriously won't start!!!!

[Soma576@xxxx]

Hello all,

i took my D out of storage about three weeks ago and all's been well. in 
fact i've been using it as a daily driver to get it up to speed again. 

anyway, the last two days, the car will not start! this is very confusing 
because the car has had no problems with starting AT ALL since i bought the 
car last fall. now all of sudden i just put the key in, it turns and turns 
and turns, and nothing happens. the car won't start. it keeps cranking and 
cranking but nada.

anyway, after i crank a couple of times, i can hear a relay or module in my 
fuse block clicking a couple of times then stops. i have not been able to 
figure out which one is doing this because it only does it a couple of times. 
maybe this has something to do with my problem?

fyi - my battery was dead when i came out on tuesday. i believe my door 
lights were not turning off so i have disconnected them and put the battery 
on a charger. yesterday i went out to start the car - the battery had been 
charging for a few hours and it probably wasn't totally charged yet. but i 
sat there and cranked until the battery started to get weak, and it did 
pretty quickly (after only three tries), so i thought my battery just wasn't 
charged enough to start the car. so i put it on a charger all night. NOW 
this morning i came out to start it, and what do you know - it cranks and 
cranks but no ignition. 

anyone have any clue what happened here? this is very confusing for me 
because this is very out-of-the-blue. maybe something came loose in my 
engine compartment? i was back there the day it stopped starting looking for 
my temperature sending unit. but i don't think i knocked something loose 
because the car worked just fine after i put it back together because i ran 
to the store with it. 

so, any thoughts? i really do not know a ton about engines so i am even MORE 
confused!

thanks so far,
Andy

Soma576@xxxx
1982 DeLorean DMC-12 VIN#11596
Fargo, ND 58102


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