3.9 EFi starter issues

schaafman said:

I have a RRC 3.9 V8 in my 90, it has been running fine for the past 3 years since i've had it, but the other day whilst tidying up the engine bay i removed a seemingly pointless wire from the coil +ve terminal from behind the dash that wasn't attached to anything. Now the starter doesn't crank the engine over, everything else works, fuel pump, battery and oil pressure lights etc. but when i turn the ignition to the third position to start it everything, goes dead, dash warning lights go out and the relay with black, black and white and another wire makes a click and thats it. please help this is really frustrating as i have no clue what it could be!

James

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fanatic said:

Sorry, but are you really that ****ing stupid?

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*minty* said:

evenin fanatic

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schaafman said:

I should clarify, the black wire wasn't attached to anything, I removed the dash and checked and photographed everything before i removed it. To answer your rather curt reply, Minty, no I'm not that stupid. Does anyone have any other suggestions?

Regards

James

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*minty* said:

Cheeky fooker I never even spoke to you I said hello to fanatic. :doh:

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*minty* said:

Cheeky fooker I never even spoke to you I said hello to fanatic. :doh:

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schaafman said:

Ahhh so the seemingly innocuous wire from the coil +ve could have been 'loosely' connected to a 12v switched source behind the dash? so if i reattach a switched 12v source to the coil +ve it may come back to life?

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redhand said:

If a tree falls in a forest and no one is around to hear it, have we found the perfect place to rape someone

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redhand said:

Little Ahmed didn't have to walk 3 miles today to fetch water .....

Thats £3.00 a month i'll have back thank you very much.

As you can probably guess I'm bored so I'm off before I post summat I shouldn't

Night all ..

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