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Subject:Re: Short in the starter circuit somewhere.
From:Geo & Kathleen Hahn
Date:Wed, 12 Jul 2006 09:38:25 -0700

Jens Jakob Andersen wrote:

> ...Shows that no current is drawn. Then after keeping the ignitionswitch
> on for 5 seconds or so, engine jumps to life.

I have a rebuilt starter, the 'hot start' relay fix, a dedicated ground
cable to the starter body and a cable from the alternator directly to
the starter and still it sometimes balks.  All I have to do it turn the
headlights on & off and then everything is fine.

Happens just seldom enough to be called a 'quirk' rather than a
'problem'.  Maybe this is as good as it gets.

Geo H

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