for shooting my mouth off on Debs "just a service" thread about how
reliable my 7 is. The worst thing is, it's my own fault.
After a bit of running around, today, I stopped at the service
station to fill the tank. When I tried to start up, to leave,
nothing, absolutely nothing. Opening the bonnet, & looking at the
engine did not seem to help.
Fortunately the little lady starts easdily, & I only had to push her
a few yards, & jump in. She bump started easily, & i drove home.
There I put her up on the ramps, & checked the starter connections.
After cleaning & tightening them, nothing. Being an electrical
ignoramus I gave up.
So I called my friendly auto electrician. They have 2 mobile blokes,
& one was nearby, doing a tractor aircon service. An hour later he
was here, & showing me the error of my ways.
Someone had run a direct earth from the radio to up behind the dash.
They had somehow got this around the starter wire from the ignition
switch. I had inadvertently loosened this earth wire, when I was
under the dash, playing with the ventilation controls.
It had then got caught on the steering column, & wound around it,
pulling tight on the starter wire, which broke.
10 minutes later, after charging me the huge sum of $20, he was on
his way, but not before suggesting I should be more carefull of what
I'm doing with my left elbow, when upside down in the drivers
footwell.
Would you believe, my answer was not even rude?
Hasbeen
