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 breville
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| posted on June 8th, 2004 at 01:55 PM |
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Ignition problem - intermittent wont start? fixed
Hi there
increasingly lately my 72 sbug wont start.
i turn the key i hear the telltale click of the ignition
no starter. Battery ok
try a few times
then after varying numbers of trys it works properly
Any ideas
Is it faulty ignition. or starter?
sometimes it works first time.
Have also had some flat battery problems lately - dont know if thats connected
[Edited on 8-6-2004 by breville]
[Edited on 9-6-2004 by breville]
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Jenny
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| posted on June 9th, 2004 at 06:57 AM |
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I had a similar problem with my bike, every so often you'd go to start it, hear the solenoid click but it wouldn't crank over. You could push start
it OK. The problem got worse. Turned out to be a worn comutator and brushes on the starter.
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 Peter Leonard
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| posted on June 9th, 2004 at 10:10 AM |
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check for corrosion on all the electrical bits starting from your battery ground strap, and ending up under your bug staring up at the leads going to
your starter motor. clean em up nice and shiny and finish them off with a blob of vasso to stop them going bad. don't mix up the leads when you
replace them. make sure your generator/alternator is charging the battery, and check that your battery is not dead. then go buy a new battery if it's
more than 6-7 years old. In winter batteries lose some grunt so these problems tend to show up around now......
let sleeping dubs lie
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breville
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| posted on June 9th, 2004 at 04:39 PM |
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pulled the ignition switch out and it has a huge crack in it
will get replacement should fix the problem
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