junkpile
Well-Known Member
I have had this happen a couple of times at the in two weeks and its slightly frustrating.
69 charger,440, auto. Stopped to pick up my kid from a church event. I was at an afternoon cruise in and had no issues and went to pick up my kid. Now I go to leave, get in and absolutely nothing with the key. So i start thinking and I notice when I open the door I have no interior lights. So I check the battery connections (new battery), remove the cables, put them back on, car has interior lights and starts right up runs great. Now yesterday I took the car out, started fine took a short run, got gas, and when I went to leave the gas station, NO interior lights, so no start. Tried the same trick with the battery, did not work. Nice guy in a late 60's VW bus comes over (lucky he was out getting gas) offers me a hand, we check fuses, then he traces the wire from the battery to the starter realay and when he touched it the lights came on. I had him let go and the car started up. Thanked him for his help. When I got home and shut it down opened the car door, NO lights again, touched the realy and it all came on again.
now the connection at the relay are tight, but is this just a realy thats bad or is the the wiring coming from the positive terminal to the relay shot? I dont see coorsion on the wires at the connection points.
Let me know your thought guys, so I can fix it right.
69 charger,440, auto. Stopped to pick up my kid from a church event. I was at an afternoon cruise in and had no issues and went to pick up my kid. Now I go to leave, get in and absolutely nothing with the key. So i start thinking and I notice when I open the door I have no interior lights. So I check the battery connections (new battery), remove the cables, put them back on, car has interior lights and starts right up runs great. Now yesterday I took the car out, started fine took a short run, got gas, and when I went to leave the gas station, NO interior lights, so no start. Tried the same trick with the battery, did not work. Nice guy in a late 60's VW bus comes over (lucky he was out getting gas) offers me a hand, we check fuses, then he traces the wire from the battery to the starter realay and when he touched it the lights came on. I had him let go and the car started up. Thanked him for his help. When I got home and shut it down opened the car door, NO lights again, touched the realy and it all came on again.
now the connection at the relay are tight, but is this just a realy thats bad or is the the wiring coming from the positive terminal to the relay shot? I dont see coorsion on the wires at the connection points.
Let me know your thought guys, so I can fix it right.