Thomas,
I just want to enhance Ben's suggestion a little. When my 505TD was alive,
I had to detach the ground cable at the engine end, clean everything there
so it was as shiny as it could get, then reconnect. That was an annual
ritual, which I realized was necessary after cleaning the terminals and
posts, and still nothing when I turned the key to start. It's easy to reach
on the TD. (I have no idea where the ground connects on my V6, but in seven
years, it has not been a problem.
Steve
In daily service:
'87 505 sti V6 - 5 speed - generally healthy - but watch for questions
--
Rust in peace:
'86 505 sti - 5 speed - committed suicide
'81 505 tdiesel 5 speed - murdered by a NY State trooper
'80 505 diesel auto - died of a myriad of complications
'79 504 diesel 4 speed - mortally wounded by inattentive driverV
6 - 5 speed - generally healthy - but watch for questions coming soon
--
Rust in peace:
'86 505 sti - 5 speed - committed suicide
'81 505 tdiesel 5 speed - murdered by a NY State trooper
'80 505 diesel auto - died of a myriad of complications
'79 504 diesel 4 speed - mortally wounded by inattentive driver
At 08:42 PM 4/6/2005, Ben Pender wrote:
>Thomas,
>
> I would definitely pull the cables off of the
>battery, clean them and the posts thoroughly and then
>reassemble. Even though the connections may appear
>tight, I have seen corrosion occur in such a way that
>there is very high resistance in the connection. One
>way to test it is to put a volt meter across the
>battery terminals and then across the cables. I've
>seen significant voltage drop that has been the
>reason for something like this. Even if this isnt the
>problem, its a good thing to do.
>
>Regards,
>Ben Pender
>--- Thomas Mladenka <tmladenka@yahoo.ca> wrote:
> > This morning I went into the garage to start my 505.
> > I put the key in and turned it to let the glow plugs
> > warm up, as soon as I turned the key to start the
> > car the starter engaged for literally a fraction of
> > a second and then...nothing. All the dash lights,
> > the fan, the dome light - everything went dead. I
> > didn't have too much time to mess around with it as
> > I had to go to work, but I'm going to have a look at
> > it later on. It's probably something simple like a
> > loose battery ground or something like that...any
> > suggestions?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Thomas
> >
> > '86 505 S TD
>
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