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thursday morning I went out to the car to go to the store. I turned the key to start and it turned about 1/2 revolution and then everything went dead, I thought it was the fusible links (easy to change). after I got the links replaced, when I put the key in the ignition, I had the chimes and domelights. as soon as I turned the key on it was all gone again. Could the ignition switch be bad? Will the ignition switch being bad cause everthing to go dead?
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The only thing I have had that caused something similar was a bad terminal on my battery. Go to the parts store, and you can get new one (the side bolt just pops out, and you can put a new one in).
I say do that, and see if that fixes it.Taylor
1988 Olds Cutlass Supreme 3100 MPFI
1990 Pontiac Grand Prix STE 3.1 MPFI
1994 Olds Cutlass Supreme convertible
1998 Lincoln Mark VIII
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Thanks for the reply, I will replace the bolt. I had the starter checked out today and was told it was bad. Being that the starter is bad could it have also burnt out the ignition switch?White '89 Beretta GTU with a 3400 under the hood. only a tranzgenic CAI so far!Comment
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Highly unlikely. I think your problem is a bad battery cable or a bad connection on one of the cables.
Here's how it works. When you have a bad connection, it's generally still good enough to send enough juice through to power the dome light, dash lights, etc. But as soon as you hit the starter, then that starter tries to draw lots of amps... and that bad connection immediately gets real hot and quits conducting. That's why everything goes dead as soon as you hit the starter. Then, depending on just how bad that connection it, it'll sometimes work again once it has a minute or two to cool down. It should take about two minutes to find it with a cheap multimeter.Last edited by tractorman; 11-26-2006, 04:55 PM.Comment
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