Well, list, guess what! It wasn't the starter, nor was it the relay! It
was the $%^&*&^% battery. My jumpstarter must have been too low to boost
it. How did I discover this? Why, by jumpstarting it with a running
vehicle, of course. The battery wouldn't hold a charge though. So, I went
out a bought a new one and it's been great so far. Now for problem number
two. (You knew there had to be a number two, right?) Once I got it
started, I took 'er out for a ride. Drove around for about an hour.
Finally, all that drivin' got me hungry so I pulled in for some fast food.
Picked it up, got in the ride and started home with my bag of fat and
calories. I thought it odd that it was slowing down so quickly without
braking when I pushed the clutch in until I very quickly thought to
myself... "I'll bet I've got a brake hanging up." Sure enough, the right
front caliper is stickin'. So, List, what say you all? Tear down the right
front corner and clean it up or just go for a new caliper? Inquiring minds
are, well, inquiring...

Tim
86 Daytona 2.2L TBI 5spd
66 Barracuda 273 2V auto
94 Concorde 3.5L
03 RAM B1500 Cargo Van 5.2L EFI
95 H-D FXDL


-----Original Message-----
From: team-g-force@yahoogroups.com [mailto:team-g-force@yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of Tim King
Sent: Monday, May 28, 2007 10:41 AM
To: G-Force-Daytona
Subject: RE: [team-g-force] Getting ready for the season



I'm guessing the most expedient solution, then, would be to have another
starter assembly ready to go up in place of the faulty one. It figures it
would be the solenoid. The relay would be too easy! Still, at $10 for the
relay, I should probably verify that first.

Thanks for the feedback. Nice to see the list is still alive.

Tim

| -----Original Message-----
| From: theleonard@netzero. <mailto:theleonard%40netzero.net> net
[mailto:theleonard@netzero. <mailto:theleonard%40netzero.net> net]
| Sent: Saturday, May 26, 2007 11:04 PM
| To: TDKing@prodigy. <mailto:TDKing%40prodigy.net> net
| Subject: Re: [team-g-force] Getting ready for the season
|
|
| Tim,
|
| I just had a similar issue with an 86 Laser XT t1 and it
| turned out to be the solenoid on the started was bad. I did
| not notice a single click though. I could tell I was
| dropping voltage when the ignition switch made so I presumed
| the relay was good (I actually swapped it out with an extra I
| had just to verify.
| Although I had to wait a day for the autoparts store to get
| the $35 part, the worst part was removing the solenoid from
| the starter had to use heat on the screw heads unfortunately.
|
| Good Luck,
|
| Shawn
|







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