my thoughts are start with a DMM at starter and get someone to turn key and see if it's getting power and work back...he's jumped starter and it's ok...thats what Barry does with me to trace electrical and a\c faults you need 2 people one on meter the other on the switches...
I just bought a 1997 Range Rover, Wont even turn over next day of sale.
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my thoughts are start with a DMM at starter and get someone to turn key and see if it's getting power and work back...he's jumped starter and it's ok...thats what Barry does with me to trace electrical and a\c faults you need 2 people one on meter the other on the switches...
No it dont add up its being drip fed
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If it good nuff for Barry I’m in
He did good job on electrics on your one last year, he wouldn’t give up
He did good job on electrics on your one last year, he wouldn’t give up
Yes your right but even sparkys over look things...P38 we worked on Barry was tearing his hair out(if he had any that is) till I pointed out there's 3 wires from fuse box to becm let's undo them one at a time and see which one blows fuse 1 gave us a circuit to work on Martys input sorted it... last week he finished a cobra new injection system with the owner who then went back to UK it's a 5.4 v8... phoned me to ask can I drop by for a couple of hours cause it won't start... had it running rough with owner... wiring a mess built by owner using strip connections and electric tape... he jumps in fumbles under dash where ignition key switch is nothing... gets out checks battery connections all good back in still nothing...im under bonnet at this point ready to turn dizzy when it fires up cause it was running rough before... eventually come round to Barry and said is ignition on if so press that black button in the middle of the dash.. .you can guess the result...ear splitting...lol
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What is the black button in middle of dash do ?
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What button take a pic and post it
I suspect that it's a start button.
Used to be common & I'm seeing them more often on modern cars - in particular those that don't need a key to be inserted into a slot. Pressing the same button also turns the engine off.
https://www.buyacar.co.uk/cars/943/cars-with-push-button-start
In the old cars you turn the ignition on with the key as usual & then instead of having to turn the key further to engage the starter motor you press the button. You can't turn the key to start on these.
You can find start buttons on ebay etc for fitting to cars with conventional turn the key type ignition by modifying the wiring & I think those will probably have more appeal for the 'boy racer' types & I can't see the point.
Used to be common & I'm seeing them more often on modern cars - in particular those that don't need a key to be inserted into a slot. Pressing the same button also turns the engine off.
https://www.buyacar.co.uk/cars/943/cars-with-push-button-start
In the old cars you turn the ignition on with the key as usual & then instead of having to turn the key further to engage the starter motor you press the button. You can't turn the key to start on these.
You can find start buttons on ebay etc for fitting to cars with conventional turn the key type ignition by modifying the wiring & I think those will probably have more appeal for the 'boy racer' types & I can't see the point.
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If you read the post I probably didn't make it clear it was a 5.4 V8 Cobra kit car not a P38
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I thought the OP asked the Q ?
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Quite correct he did meant to respond to him I think he thought I was talking about a P38 and you said take a pic and I replied to your post by mistake...lol
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When we fired it up it was in the corner next to the Disco where the Barchetta is in the pic facing forward...it was deafening and running v, rich...next week will pull it outside and he'll tune it with his laptop so we don't kill ourselves...lol
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.next week will pull it outside and he'll tune it with his laptop so we don't kill ourselves...lol[/QUOTE]
Yer but what away to go
Yer but what away to go
@AudioInstigator sorry to digress from your problems but threads do tend to go that way in this forum if no updates are forthcoming from original poster IE you!... tell us where your at and what you are doing and what you've traced..
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Has @AudioInstigator given up, set fire to it or sorted it?
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I believe he was found swinging gently in the breeze from a pair of jump leads twined around his throat and looped over a beam in his shed. In his fist was a copy of the wiring diagram for a p38.
