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Car has been parked up with handbrake on whilst I redid the crankshaft pulley keyway repair and did timing.
Put on fully charged battery and tried her. Cranked ... but slowly and wouldn't start. Battery went flat.
Tried jumping with leads off another car. Not even cranking ... just solenoid clicking. After a few attempts there is smoke coming from handbrake.
Then off road guy turns up with his Landy. We try jumping off his car but still just clicking. So we decide to try a tow start. As he starts towing me I release handbrake but handle feels weird ( loose ) and the handbrake is seized on. He gets underneath with a hammer and frees handbrake.
Car starts easy with a tow start and I take it for a drive to charge battery.
For the rest of that day it starts off battery. Runs really well ( I'd cleaned out intercooler ). Every time I put handbrake on it seemed as if the handbrake was stuck on on release but that seemed to sort itself out.
That night I parked it on a bank in case it wouldn't start off battery in the morning ( I'd had this before the damper pulley problem ). Sure enough it wouldn't start off battery. Started within 20 yards bump starting it down bank. Started off battery all day then.
Same thing this morning ... but ...
This afternoon it wouldn't start off the battery. Battery will crank engine quite well for some time but it won't start. It bumps in a few yards every time and seems to run well.
So what is going on?
What was handbrake smoke?
Col
Put on fully charged battery and tried her. Cranked ... but slowly and wouldn't start. Battery went flat.
Tried jumping with leads off another car. Not even cranking ... just solenoid clicking. After a few attempts there is smoke coming from handbrake.
Then off road guy turns up with his Landy. We try jumping off his car but still just clicking. So we decide to try a tow start. As he starts towing me I release handbrake but handle feels weird ( loose ) and the handbrake is seized on. He gets underneath with a hammer and frees handbrake.
Car starts easy with a tow start and I take it for a drive to charge battery.
For the rest of that day it starts off battery. Runs really well ( I'd cleaned out intercooler ). Every time I put handbrake on it seemed as if the handbrake was stuck on on release but that seemed to sort itself out.
That night I parked it on a bank in case it wouldn't start off battery in the morning ( I'd had this before the damper pulley problem ). Sure enough it wouldn't start off battery. Started within 20 yards bump starting it down bank. Started off battery all day then.
Same thing this morning ... but ...
This afternoon it wouldn't start off the battery. Battery will crank engine quite well for some time but it won't start. It bumps in a few yards every time and seems to run well.
So what is going on?
What was handbrake smoke?
Col