JRuby
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Hello! New owner of 525. I bought the car a few months ago and recently had the car delivered to OH from FL. Let the troubleshooting begin. The car is having issues cranking consistently. Most of the time when I try to start the car, I would hear a relay click, and the starter would not spin. The battery light and the 4WS light are on when this happens. Since having the car, I have put fresh oil and new oil filter on the car. Replaced the plugs with a set of BR7ES gapped to .029, and put a new battery in. The oil was pretty black, the plugs were toast. If I tried the key over and over it would crank occasionally. When it does crank, a lot of the time I can hear the starter spin (whirl). It will crank for a second and then whirl (No more teeth? Only catching in a few spots? Not getting proper voltage?) I pulled the one contact off the starter and cleaned it, it seems a bit more consistent but idk. These starters are no fun to get to. I have got the car to start a few times. On start will rev. up to 3k and then die out. I have got the car started and idling twice. The car has a surging idle, it has cams but there is an issue there.(leak test incoming) It has oil pressure, and idled up to temp, did not overheat. No horrible noises. Cool. I put the car in 1st and reverse and it moved, but dies out if you give it gas. I have ripped apart my house and garage for my multimeter it has been taken to the nether apparently, so awaiting a new one I guess. Going to check grounds and other signals when it arrives. I just got a siphon so I can pull the old gas out (car sat for at least a year or so) and put some fresh juice in. Also, need to make sure the car is getting fuel to the rail. I am no expert, (far from it) but trying to learn. Any insight ?
Thanks for reading,
Jacob
Thanks for reading,
Jacob
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