Damn daily driver!
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Damn daily driver!
Just when I decide to stop waiting for the last nice day of the year and just take the Miata out of driving commission to start with the turbo install, things hit the fan.
My daily driver, a 2003 Pontiac Grand Am, won't start. I turn the car off at my mailbox last night, come back, and the engine won't turn over. Not a battery problem. Not a fuse, not a relay, starter spins when you jump it...
So last night I spent most of the night putting the Miata all back together and getting it semi-presentable to drive to work today.
Looks like this turbo project is on hold for even longer.
Oh yeah, and none of that "You bought GM, you had it coming" BS. My dad is a chief engineer with GM...I have to buy them. And I like them.
My daily driver, a 2003 Pontiac Grand Am, won't start. I turn the car off at my mailbox last night, come back, and the engine won't turn over. Not a battery problem. Not a fuse, not a relay, starter spins when you jump it...
So last night I spent most of the night putting the Miata all back together and getting it semi-presentable to drive to work today.
Looks like this turbo project is on hold for even longer.
Oh yeah, and none of that "You bought GM, you had it coming" BS. My dad is a chief engineer with GM...I have to buy them. And I like them.
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The starter isn't freewheeling...it isn't doing anything. Voltmeter shows no power to the starter when trying to crank. I don't think it is the ignition switch, either, as the starter relay clicks when "cranking." When trying to crank, the dang thing dims headlights and acts exactly as if it would start, but no motion at the starter. Only a Service Engine Soon light. Something isn't allowing power to the starter. No code scanner, so who knows.
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Yeah, on most cars. From looking, it looked like either the exhaust has to come off, or drop the subframe to get it out. Oh well...let the shop deal with it...I don't have the time right now.
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