Re: a few maybe related engine problems (long post!)

[mark@xxxx]

To Aaron and the list,

I believe (hope) your 'randomly will not start' problem can be fixed 
by reading
www.dmcnews.com/Techsection/starterfix.html
The title, "Factory Starter Circuit Upgrade" says it all.
On early DeLoreans, prior to VIN 2547 needed this fix.
My July '81 DeLorean does the exact same thing yours does.
I personally have not tried this fix but I had better get to it.

Mark R. Vanyo
VIN #02261
Lic OUTATYM
Seattle, Washington

P.S. Then again you told me earlier that you had all the circuit 
breakers updated. I wonder if the starter circuit my have already 
been fixed?

--- In dmcnews@xxxx, "Aaron King" <floodle@xxxx> wrote:
#2: Randomly will not start. Not too often, but often enough to be 
annoying, the car will not start. I get in, turn the key, and 
nothing happens. I hear the familiar two-second hum, and all the 
accessories (radio, lights, etc.) come on, but the car does not turn 
over at all. Usually I try to start it a few more times, but 
nothing. I sit and wait for a couple of seconds, then try again and 
it starts right up like nothing was wrong. This appears to occur 
when the engine is colder, but it has happened when the engine was 
hot. This has happened off and on since I started driving the car.