Won't Start!
 

I have never had this problem before. Plenty of battery, but when I turn the key...nothing. Different battery...nothing. Lights work (dim), checked terminals. Everything looks good. I checked the ground strap from trans. Looks OK. Could this be the starter? How can I tell? Any suggestions?

I had the sme problem with my 69 - the ignition switch bakelite backing had come loose, but only slighty, which made the contact intermittent and when it didn't work, lots of battery but nothing going.

Scott
69 912 #3078
76 912E #86

Check the sylinoid. Make sure everythings wired good, give it a few taps and try again. Hopefully it works. My question is, why would the lights be dim? Sure sounds like a short. Do they flicker?

I had this same problem when my car was 5yrs. old. My mechanic came out to my house on his way home from work & diagnosed the problem as being a short in the "yellow" wire on the left side of the engine compartment which is used to start the engine from the engine compartment. He replaced this & that took care of it. You might check this out. Duke, 69 912.

hi, I had this problem driving my newly purchased 66 car from LA to NY. Turned out to be a bum starter/solenoid (never found out which). there are several tests you can do to pinpoint the problem. One could be the ignition switch (according to that orange 912 manual - can't recall what the actual title is - but I found it very helpful). Anyway, I replaced the starter and now all is working fine.
chuck