| Re: Car will not start |
Subject: Re: Car will not start by bogus on 2012/5/1 4:58:10 No starter? Ok... check the starter. Also, charge the battery. Make sure it's good and fresh. These cars will kill a battery if not driven regularly. So I recommend a battery tender if it is going to be parked for days at a time. As for checking the starter... make sure the connections are CLEAN. Road grime will really mess things up and will add to resistance. The battery cables are prone to corroding, and that will cause an issue. If you can, pull back the rubber insulation on the leads and see what is what. I hate to be the bearer of potentially bad news, but you will need to be aware of this sooner than later... 1984 Corvettes are now getting older and as such, they are getting crankier... you are going to be running headlong into situations caused by no maintenance, differed maintenance and flat out bad maintenance. Electrical gremlins will potentially come fast and furious... and won't stop. Get a good test light, DVM and soldering iron. The wiring harnesses on these cars is suspect from the get-go. In 1990 or so, The SAE changed the composition of the wiring insulation for underhood applications. Why? Cause the old stuff would break, crack, chaff, shrink. All of this due to heat, chemical exposure and what not. You will be chasing more and more of these bugs and if you are dealing with poorly installed aftermarket parts, more power to ya, brother. I would first and foremost get rid of the Viper alarm. Check all fuses, cleaning them off with 600 grit sandpaper. Check all connectors under the hood. Making sure all are clean. Use a grease - which BillH will recommend, cause I don't remember off hand - to protect the connections inside. Check wiring around connectors for shrinkage and cracking. I am a big fan of 3M brand 180c tape. This is a cold fusion tape that can tolerate up to 180 degrees centigrade! Take your time, be patient. Start under the hood, then work back to the area around the fuel filler - the pump is under there. Also note, the pump is low pressure, about 15 PSI, for the Crossfire Injection system. Lower, 7 PSI is for carbs, higher, 40PSI is for modern port injection... 15k PSI is used in some of the newest Direct Injected engines. I wish I could give you a single place to start... I guess the starter is that place. I would even consider dropping it out and having it tested. Find a local auto electrical repair place, not Autozone or other equally crappy places... the local guy will do what you want... if you say "use the best part", he will. So find that guy. Please keep us posted. |
