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Two possible culprits, first the vacuum
switch on the intake manifold is prone to failing. Second, the starter relay
could be bad. For the vacuum switch, just take a wire and jumper the two
terminals on the connector. If it starts when you push N then you have the culprit. My 58 does this once in a while. Ernie and The
Black Bitc_!! -----Original Message----- we thought today was going to be a
good day , the first chance to drive our 57crown legally on the public
highway.what fun we were going to have, we pulled over just to admire
the scenery and switched the engine off .when we decided to set off again i
turned the key pressed the starter , yes you,ve guessed it
nothing not a murmer , no sign of life . the lights and other things were
active but nothiing on the starter side, i can assure panic you had
replaced pleasure as i had no idea where to look for the problem nor any tools
in the [boot] ,but hey is that a garage across the road. the garage chappie
came out with a few tools got underneath to check the starter,
every thing ok no wires off , but somehow no power to starter on
one of the wires to it. he then put his tester on what he
said was the solenoid and asked me to try starting the car ,it
made a horrable clanking sound as attempted to start the engine and
at the third attempt it started and ran smoothly. he told me to drive it round to
inside of the workshops and. park it which i
did, after stopping the engine, i tried to start it again but all i got was a
" clicking " sound from underneath the [bonnet] . i dont know what the problem could
be , but i am asking for positive advice and suggestions ,and if
it is either a starter or solenoid problem are these parts
available. ps i could with a wiring diagram if any has
a photo copy. It dosnt make driving the car
pleasurable if all we are doing is wondering what next is going to go wrong
with it kind regards ken/annette UK |
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