Re: [DML] Car sometimes dies, won't start, click click click from relays

[Martin Gutkowski <webmaster@xxxx>]

Hi Matt

It might be an idea to invest in a new RPM relay (black box, 6-way connector, goes
underneath/behind the lock module). This controls the fuel pump among other things.

Being an early car, has it had the starter circuit upgrade?

http://www.dmcnews.com/Techsection/starterfix.html

The window fell off the bottom of the tracks in #2727 and it was a real pig to get back
up again. In the end it was James RG who succeeded - NB you can't pull it out the window
to slot it back in from the top - he had to get it back on the guides from the bottom. I
don't know if this is the "accepted" method, but it's the only way we found.

Best Wishes

Martin
#1458

argent486 wrote:

> Hello all,
>
> Working on my car this past month has been fun but now I'm starting
> to have an itch to get this thing on the road. It seems to decide
> whether it wants to run one day and sleep the next. On some occasions
> including today it starts fine, runs for a minute then dies. Getting
> it started after that is about impossible. I already have a fuel
> filter and accumulator to change this weekend. My concern is a click
> click click (about a second apart) from the relay compartment when it
> does not start. On first crank I can also hear the fuel pump run, but
> after that I don't hear it again. I'm sure my accumulator is going
> out, but is the relay clicking normal? Could one of them be shutting
> off my fuel pump as well???
>
> Also up there with stupid things to do... I was replacing my
> passenger door window motor last night. Got it out ok but the window
> was pulled from the tracks and now sits in the bottom of the door.
> Any procedure to start it back up from the bottom?
>
> Safe travel to all for the Memphis show! Wish I could come along but
> have to work.
>
> Matt Metzinger
> VIN #961 - KS TAG "TIMELES"