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Subject:Re: No turn over
From:Mark Belanger
Date:Sat, 16 Mar 2019 01:35:10 -0700

Something like that happened to me a few years ago. A swift smack on the
side of the starter with a hammer got her cranking.

I know, I know, but the starter needed to be replaced with a heavy duty one
to turn over the recent subbie transplant.

On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 4:59 PM Cunegonde <cunegonde.van.westfalia@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Sigh.
> Zoltan replaced Cunegonde’s clutch a few weeks ago. She stalled a few
> times under load, presumably dirty fuel/pre-filter from sitting. But
> re-started immediately each time, including after filling the tank on the
> 25 mile trip back to Seattle.
>
> Then I parked her for a couple of weeks.
>
> Now, with a new battery, she won’t turn over at all. Fuel pump sound, but
> no solenoid click, nothing. While she’s hesitated on the first start
> artempt before, she’s always turned over and started, even when she’d been
> sitting so long the hydraulics/brakes seals rotted!
>
> Suggestions on where to start... for starting?
>

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