plasticfantastic
04-09-2006, 01:45 PM
I have a 1984 Rampage that quit running, one day i was driving to work and it started missing like as if it was running out of gas, i downshifted and it went away,
got to work, parked it and then later in the day when i was about to head home i went out to the car and it wouldnt start.
i put the key in and the door buzzer was working, the dome light was working, but as soon as i turned the key NOTHING, the engine didnt turn over, there was no clicking noises, there was no door buzzer or dome light anymore.
I got someone to jump me thinking a dead battery, (even though its a new battery), and still nothing. i played around under the hood basically just moving this and that, wiggling wires and whatever i thought of at that moment, (without any real knowledge or purpose to what i was doing), as i did this i was listening for the door buzzer to ring, when it did, i would go turn the key and BAM nothing again.
we pushed the car and i popped the clutch to try and start it, nothing.
up until this happened, it started every time and ran great.
any ideas whats up with it? (edit) i just read the post about the other car thats not starting, i'm going to try those suggestions also.
thanks
doug
got to work, parked it and then later in the day when i was about to head home i went out to the car and it wouldnt start.
i put the key in and the door buzzer was working, the dome light was working, but as soon as i turned the key NOTHING, the engine didnt turn over, there was no clicking noises, there was no door buzzer or dome light anymore.
I got someone to jump me thinking a dead battery, (even though its a new battery), and still nothing. i played around under the hood basically just moving this and that, wiggling wires and whatever i thought of at that moment, (without any real knowledge or purpose to what i was doing), as i did this i was listening for the door buzzer to ring, when it did, i would go turn the key and BAM nothing again.
we pushed the car and i popped the clutch to try and start it, nothing.
up until this happened, it started every time and ran great.
any ideas whats up with it? (edit) i just read the post about the other car thats not starting, i'm going to try those suggestions also.
thanks
doug