Ghost~3~
Well-known member
My '87 Vette has developed a "No Start" condition that POSSIBLY is related to the Vats System??
Had a NO Start about 8 Mo ago...Good Battery and "Everything" worked fine,
except for the NO START!! Had to have it Towed home,then it started up
just fine right off the tow truck! :eyerole Grrrrrrr!!
So at 67,000 or so mile's, I figured the starter had died,and I replaced it with
a GM rebuilt from Chevy. Car now has 69,000 miles.
All has been "Fine" up till the past week....Problem is back AGAIN, I had just replaced the battery due to simply AGE, and then had a NO START!! I then
checked "ALL" connection's I could find under the hood, did the Tug/Pull on the various wire harnesses, checked fuses, and NOTHING!! Still No Start.
I had thing's to do, so I just dropped the hood closed and reached in to get
my key's and figured what the Hell....and it started right up!! :L
So a few day's later I take the Vette to work, ready to go home and.....
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You guessed it! We try dropping the hood closed a FEW times...Nothing!!
So we jack the car up and jump the starter, I get home in the garage and
shut it off and try it...It Start's!!
So I've EITHER got a starter with a....."Bad Spot"....
Or there is a Loose connection SOMEWHERE under the Hood or in the Vat's.
This weekend I'll try starting the car a couple of dozen times to see if the Starter DOES have a Bad spot??
But is there a way to JUMP/DISABLE the Vat's if IT is the Problem??? :ugh
Had a NO Start about 8 Mo ago...Good Battery and "Everything" worked fine,
except for the NO START!! Had to have it Towed home,then it started up
just fine right off the tow truck! :eyerole Grrrrrrr!!
So at 67,000 or so mile's, I figured the starter had died,and I replaced it with
a GM rebuilt from Chevy. Car now has 69,000 miles.
All has been "Fine" up till the past week....Problem is back AGAIN, I had just replaced the battery due to simply AGE, and then had a NO START!! I then
checked "ALL" connection's I could find under the hood, did the Tug/Pull on the various wire harnesses, checked fuses, and NOTHING!! Still No Start.
I had thing's to do, so I just dropped the hood closed and reached in to get
my key's and figured what the Hell....and it started right up!! :L
So a few day's later I take the Vette to work, ready to go home and.....
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You guessed it! We try dropping the hood closed a FEW times...Nothing!!
So we jack the car up and jump the starter, I get home in the garage and
shut it off and try it...It Start's!!
So I've EITHER got a starter with a....."Bad Spot"....
Or there is a Loose connection SOMEWHERE under the Hood or in the Vat's.
This weekend I'll try starting the car a couple of dozen times to see if the Starter DOES have a Bad spot??
But is there a way to JUMP/DISABLE the Vat's if IT is the Problem??? :ugh