The message to which you are about to reply is shown first. GO TO REPLY FORM



 VIEW    REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE    PRINT   SAVE 

Run on Sentence... 120-130 1967

uid 26099's pic
posted by  Pooch on  Sat Mar 2 09:07 CST 2013
Author: [PROFILE] [EVERY POST] [THREADS] [BEST POSTS] RSS Feed     [IGNORE ALL POSTS]
last visit: Thu Oct 9 12:56 CST 2014
[RELATED]

Hello All:

1967 Volvo 122S wagon. Wendy went out to the car on Thursday morning - the mildest of the last two months, temperature-wise - and the car would barely turn over. She opened the hood and despite the key being in her hand, the engine was still slowly turning over.

I came home that night, threw the pile on the trickle charger for a few minutes and it started right up. I figured she was crazy. She is, but that is another story.

I drove it around for several hours on Thursday night, making several 30-40 minutes stops and had no issue. When I tried to start it this morning - same issue.

I checked the Search on this site and saw that it could be worn wire harnessing, a short, 'heavy key ring' or a bad solenoid return spring. Any suggestions about how to check for each of these possibilities? I have never removed a starter motor before. Is that complicated? Anything I should know in advance?

As an aside, I just received the starter button upgrade from Ron Kwas. Any idea how happy I am that I did not install it yet? It would have made me crazy trying to figure out what I did wrong with the installation. We had a key break off last week and it was hell getting it out. Any chance that Ron's kit might eliminate the ignition switch from the list of suspects?

Cheers,

Pooch





USERNAME
Use "claim to be" below if you don't want to log in.
PASSWORD
I don't have an account. Sign me up.
CLAIM TO BE
Use only if you don't want to login (post anonymously).
ENTER CAPTCHA CODE
This is required for posting anonymously.
OPTIONS notify by email
Available only to user accounts.
SUBJECT
MODEL/YEAR
MESSAGE

DICTIONARY
LABEL(S) +
IMAGE URL *
[IMAGE LIBRARY (UPLOAD/SELECT)]

* = Field is optional.

+ = Enter space delimited labels for this post. An example entry: 240 muffler


©Jarrod Stenberg 1997-2022. All material except where indicated.


All participants agree to these terms.

Brickboard.com is not affiliated with nor sponsored by AB Volvo, Volvo Car Corporation, Volvo Cars of North America, Inc. or Ford Motor Company. Brickboard.com is a Volvo owner/enthusiast site, similar to a club, and does not intend to pose as an official Volvo site. The official Volvo site can be found here.