I'm going to second Dennis' suggestion of the ign switch. Try starting but keep hand on key. with some slight twisting force. Not enough to engage the starter again, but enough to cock or tension the switch a tad.

alistair

On 2011-09-24, at 7:28 PM, John Rodgers wrote:

> Parked my Carat two weeks ago - running oh so fine. Nothing has been
> done to it in the interim. It has just sat idle. Didn't need to start it
> until today - and it won't. I would appreciate  some pointers on how to
> get this baby to go. Here is the situation.
> 
> Battery fully charged