Starting woes

[<Klaus-Peter.Steiner@xxxx>]

Maybe a hanging starter (this could happen sometimes), take a hammer and hit
the starter 3 or 4 times.
On my car it works.

Klaus Steiner
VIN 5980, Germany


> Date: Sun, 2 Jul 2000 15:22:02 -0400
> From: "Matthew P. Olans" <mpolans@xxxx>
> Subject: Starting woes

> Ok,
> I've had VIN #10365 for about a week now. The company who shipped
> the car killed the battery in transit. I could start it if I jumped it
and
> it would run fine but after shutting down it didn't have enough juice to
> restart. So I bought a new battery today. I put it in today and now
> nothing happens. Well, ok, everything else works, but when I turn the key
I
> don't hear the fuel pump and when I try to crank I get one click. The
> lights go off as if it's ready to start but it never turns. The battery
is
> 100%. I checked the fuses and they all look good. I'm at a loss and I am
> not much of a mechanic. Any ideas before I have it flatbedded??
> atthew