[DML] Re: High idle, overheated, won't start

["Duke Bladorn" <at88mph@xxxx>]

Mike,

If your battery gauge is showing good volts then that clicking noise may be
a faulty starter solenoid. Do you have the heat shield for the starter? I
used to have this problem when the car would get hot. If I let it cool
down, it would start right up. Once I put the heat shield on, my problem
went away. I went through alot of starters before I realized this.


Hope this helps,

Duke

----- Original Message -----
From: Mike $ <sheilaridez@xxxx>
To: <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 8:21 AM
Subject: [DML] High idle, overheated, won't start


> Hi, ok I have a weird combination problem upon me now. Last night I took
> my 81 to get pizza, I left the car running while I ran in to get it. Well
a
> friend was there, and we started talking (bad idea), and about 10 minutes
> later, I looked outside and my D had overheated, big time. I refilled the
> coolant a few hours later when I drove it home, and put the battery
charger
> on it. It seemed to run ok on my way home, except for the high idle.
The
> idle, when I left home was around 2,500 rpms. It does this about once a
> week; the idle goes really high, and usually after revving the engine, it
> stops and goes back to normal, it wouldn't do that today. But now for
> another thing, when I took the charger off this morning, the car won't
> start. I had it on trickly charge, and the battery is full, but I only
get
> a click from the engine when I try to start her. Any ideas?
> Thanks a million,
> Mike Schaefer
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