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Trouble starting



Fat braided one from the battery to the trans and body.  The one that
includes the battery connector.

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Mike Smith [mailto:smithma7@gmail.com]
>Sent: Monday, July 10, 2006 4:10 PM
>To: Jim Ruffi
>Cc: car
>Subject: Re: Trouble starting
>
>
>Which ground cable?
>
>On 7/10/06, Jim Ruffi <sciroccos@earthlink.net> wrote:
>> I had the same problem with my 88.  Spark stopped when the starter was
>> cranking and started right after I let the key back off of the cranking
>> position.  I could only get it to start if I cranked it 1 second
>at a time.
>> If I continued to crank it, it would flood, as there was no
>spark.  I had to
>> try to get it to fire off of that "single" spark that occured when I
>> released the key.
>>
>> I replaced the ground cable with a new one and the problem went away.
>>
>> HTH
>>