No-Start-Saga Update

[lexan_122874 at hotmail.com (Lexan Blanchard)]

First, let me say that I appreciate all the support from all you guys!  I 
really don't know much about cars (there could be mice making it run for all 
I know), and this is the most fun and frustrating challenge I have had in a 
long time.  Kinda makes me want to go back to college and take some auto 
shop classes.

Anyway, after I emailed on what to do with the starter motor that won't stop 
I called Dan Snow to vent my vehicle frustrations.  He told me to slow down 
before returning the new starter as bad, as I don't want to get a "name" at 
the local parts store.  Then I started thinking about the car's known 
history.  Previous owner got it running for 1 block and it cut off and would 
not re-start.  Dan suggested I check the wiring from the ignition switch and 
the switch itself.  This is all making sense now!  I believe the previous 
owner burnt the starter motor when he got the car running because he didn't 
realize the starter never shut off.  Also, a misbehaving wire in this area 
may explain my mysterious battery drain.

So, when it warms up a bit in the evenings here (I am complaining about 30's 
at night and hi 40s low 50s in the day for you yankees), I am getting under 
the dash with my little multimeter and seeing if I have a bad ignition 
switch or wires that need to be tamed.

I can't wait to prove the local yokels at the auto parts store that a girl 
can fix a car.  They keep asking me when I am going to give up, how much 
money I want to spend (including purchasing the car for $425, I and still 
under $600 so far, and it's all my fun money so no one is going hungry), and 
that I just need "a good man/boyfriend" to fix that car for me.

I will keep all posted!
Lexan

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