57 Nomad Project

[GregWeld]

Just so you know -- we could all be touring in brand new 488's or Bentleys for what we have in all this crap.... God only knows why we do this. But damn I love it anyway! LOL


Just thinking about the clicking ----

Check grounds from motor to chassis etc

Check voltage at starter motor for voltage drop

Check voltage at ignition vs battery

Bypass ignition and hot wire -- to see if she starts

Neutral safety switch contact (assuming there is still one in the car)

[kwhizz]

In reference to the Chevelle...…….There was a loose terminal on the Neutral safety switch...…… since corrections the car is back to it's old reliable self...… (probably shouldn't have said that) LOL...….

Ken

[kwhizz]

Originally Posted by GregWeld

Just so you know -- we could all be touring in brand new 488's or Bentleys for what we have in all this crap.... God only knows why we do this. But damn I love it anyway! LOL


Just thinking about the clicking ----

Check grounds from motor to chassis etc

Check voltage at starter motor for voltage drop

Check voltage at ignition vs battery

Bypass ignition and hot wire -- to see if she starts

Neutral safety switch contact (assuming there is still one in the car)

Yep !!!...……. Donnie at Frame-up checked everything as above and we thought everything was O.K...…… Till it happened again..... That's why we suspect the Ignition switch....


Ordered a GM switch and it will be replaced when we get back from the tour.... Hopefully it will make it on next years tour

[dontlifttoshift]

We checked all the basics, found a questionable connection at the negative on the battery and the car started 50 times after that over the course of two days without hesitation...........Ken called two days later and said it clicked again.

[clill]

Have you tried a different battery ?

[kwhizz]

Originally Posted by clill

Have you tried a different battery ?

Funny you mention that.......Don't know if this makes any sense.....But I have a new Battery in the car...... after the click, click and then starting.....I let it run for a while, shut it off and decided to Trickle charge it..... when I hooked up the charger it said the Battery was 57% charged....... after a couple minutes I took the charger off for a minute and then re-installed it...... then it said the Battery was 97% charged....... Driving to the shop this morning I had that exact thought as Charley did .......I didn't think anything of it at the time, but that could be a clue.......
Man, This car stuff is Hard....LOL

Ken

[rebelceb]

Originally Posted by kwhizz

Funny you mention that.......Don't know if this makes any sense.....But I have a new Battery in the car...... after the click, click and then starting.....I let it run for a while, shut it off and decided to Trickle charge it..... when I hooked up the charger it said the Battery was 57% charged....... after a couple minutes I took the charger off for a minute and then re-installed it...... then it said the Battery was 97% charged....... Driving to the shop this morning I had that exact thought as Charley did .......I didn't think anything of it at the time, but that could be a clue.......
Man, This car stuff is Hard....LOL

Ken

Bad battery. We had an Optima on our C10 with a SBC that did the same thing. One time it would crank and run like a champ, then you get somewhere and it sit for awhile (meaning the starter etc had cooled off) and it would just click. Keep trying here and there and eventually it would crank and run like hell. We could take it in to the auto parts store and let them test it and it would show the battery was bad every time. We went through 3 Optima yellow tops before we switched to something else. Never had another problem and eventually sold the truck.

[xplantdad]

You will get it figured out, Ken!