Occasionally won't start !

remove each end of the wire going to the starter and check for corrosion. closely examine the battery connections for corrosion. The "sealed" wire connectors at the battery can corrode under the insulation.

good luck

chuck petterson

Check the resistance in the starter/battery cable, and the battery/ground cable with an ohm meter. Then after cleaning and assuring proper battery and ground connections hopefully it will be OK. That was my problem anyway. Hope this helps. Rich

Thanks guys.

damn thing did it again this morning. A quick wiggle of the wires to the starter fixed it. One of them felt quite flimsy and loose. I'm going to take the cables off, check the connections and hopefully that's the end of the story.

Cheers

Chris

OK, a little while fiddling with things and I think I have it solved.

There's a flimsy little yellow wire that slips onto a little spade lug on what looks to me like the starter motor solenoid. This was loose and wobbled about quite a lot. I tightened it up by squeezing the female spade with long-nose plyers. The effect of removing the wire is the same as the sporadic no-start symptom. And the effect can be duplicated by reconnecting the wire but putting the car in R or D before starting. Without consulting a wiring diagram I can't be 100% sure, but I'm guessing that the yellow wire belongs to the park/neutral interlock.

Connection tightened and fingers crossed...

Chris