Zezima
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So I know there's only so much one can help with situations where there's so many unknown factors at play, but figured I'd ask anyway to see if anyone had ideas at least.
It's a hard problem to describe, but I'll do my best. In simplest terms, the most immediate problem is the fact that it no longer cranks regardless of what's done to it. The other day I was able to start it consistently and easily, and when I took it out for a drive, I assume the carburetor was flooded when I applied more throttle than usual, and it hasn't really moved since, though it was able to start after that. However, the next day, there seems to be absolutely nothing no matter what's done to it. I've swapped between 3 different batteries, all of which have been charged and reconditioned coming in and going out, even had it hooked up to a live battery with booster cables and it still refused, though I was able to force the starter to click and whir momentarily with a remote starter switch, but there doesn't seem to be any spark anymore, which could be an easy and obvious diagnosis if it weren't idling so predictably so shortly ago. The alternator gauge responds to changes in current, the dash lights, headlights, and radio will come on, so there is current flowing through, but as of the last day, completely silent on key turn without taking some heavy intervention methods to force the starter to show it's still alive, which has me curious what it could be if the battery, starter, and alternator can all be proven good, or at least workable, would the carburetor being flooded really cause such non-response? And even before it went dead, when it would predictably start, it seemed to reliably kill batteries, or at least be unable to crank or start again after about 3 attempts from a fresh one, even if it would readily do it the first couple of times, usually by the third or fourth it would simply give up trying, but the accessories would always remain available. Another interesting tidbit is that the starter would click in response to the starter switch, but not from cranking the key, so perhaps the ignition switch is another factor, but can't be the cause when it still wouldn't crank with that bypassed, so I feel at a pretty decent loss at the moment. I'm sure there are other things I left out, just been trying to troubleshoot everything I can.
It's a hard problem to describe, but I'll do my best. In simplest terms, the most immediate problem is the fact that it no longer cranks regardless of what's done to it. The other day I was able to start it consistently and easily, and when I took it out for a drive, I assume the carburetor was flooded when I applied more throttle than usual, and it hasn't really moved since, though it was able to start after that. However, the next day, there seems to be absolutely nothing no matter what's done to it. I've swapped between 3 different batteries, all of which have been charged and reconditioned coming in and going out, even had it hooked up to a live battery with booster cables and it still refused, though I was able to force the starter to click and whir momentarily with a remote starter switch, but there doesn't seem to be any spark anymore, which could be an easy and obvious diagnosis if it weren't idling so predictably so shortly ago. The alternator gauge responds to changes in current, the dash lights, headlights, and radio will come on, so there is current flowing through, but as of the last day, completely silent on key turn without taking some heavy intervention methods to force the starter to show it's still alive, which has me curious what it could be if the battery, starter, and alternator can all be proven good, or at least workable, would the carburetor being flooded really cause such non-response? And even before it went dead, when it would predictably start, it seemed to reliably kill batteries, or at least be unable to crank or start again after about 3 attempts from a fresh one, even if it would readily do it the first couple of times, usually by the third or fourth it would simply give up trying, but the accessories would always remain available. Another interesting tidbit is that the starter would click in response to the starter switch, but not from cranking the key, so perhaps the ignition switch is another factor, but can't be the cause when it still wouldn't crank with that bypassed, so I feel at a pretty decent loss at the moment. I'm sure there are other things I left out, just been trying to troubleshoot everything I can.
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