[T3] Ignition weirdness.

[wodkowski@mac.com]

<x-flowed>So I couldn't start my car this morning.

Noticed I left my inside left overhead lamp on (the one where you push 
the lens to turn it off and on). The car had been sitting a prob. 
couple days,  like this. Nuts, drained battery.

But I had 12.5 V with the ignition off with the VOM hooked to a hot 
fuse. Hooking the VOM to a switched fuse, I noticed the voltage drop to 
around 10 when I went from the ON position to the start position with 
the key. However, the gen and oil indiator lights DID dim when I turned 
the key from on to start.

My solenoid worked fine when I hotwired it, as did my starter. My coil 
wire was tight as well as the distrib cap wire. I checked ALL 
connections and they were good.

Lights worked fine. All connections on VR were good. All connections on 
gen were good.

So ignition switch right? But here's the catch. I got the car started 
by running a wire from B+ to the coil, then hotwiring the starter. I 
disconnected the hot wires and drove to my studio where all my tools 
were.

Now everything is fine. Car starts up with the key no problem.

Muir says that if the car can't get at least around 9V at startup, 
there isn't enough power for the ignition AND the FI system to get 
going. Is that what happened here?

-Mike Wodkowski
72 Squareback FI
Brooklyn, NY

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