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1988 BMW 735A solenoid, starter, or alternator???
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DMMcCloskey
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Jan 31, 2012, 8:43 AM
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1988 BMW 735A solenoid, starter, or alternator???
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Car is a 1988 BMW 735A...
When driving for short distances if the car starts and you turn off the key it usually will not restart. There is no clicking that I can hear. Battery is new. Have taken it to mechanic and he just said he couldn't get it to not start...
Also if you are trying to start it and you don't get the engine to turn over and start and you turn the key back to the off position it will not start then. You can come back later (hours) and it will start then no problem.
Where to start. I would rather not take the starter out to take it to get tested if at all possible. Once it has decided to not start that is it until you give it hours to do whatever it is doing and then voila just like that no problem starts right up.
As long as you drive long distances or don't turn off the engine for more than a few seconds it will start right back up. This morning again my husband had to take our minivan to work, leaving me stranded with 5 kids to get to school and no car or buses.... Help a girl out would you... Thanks all
(This post was edited by DMMcCloskey on Jan 31, 2012, 11:15 AM)
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Hammer Time
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Jan 31, 2012, 8:53 AM
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Re: 1988 BMW 735A cellunoid, starter, or alternator???
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It could be any number of things but it has to be tested while the failure is present.
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DMMcCloskey
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Jan 31, 2012, 9:25 AM
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Re: 1988 BMW 735A cellunoid, starter, or alternator???
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My 8 year old saw the name of the site and thinks you should change it to JunkyCar.com... Little humor to lighten the mood Off to walk them to school. Hope someone can help. Just tried to start again. It has been almost 2 hours nothing. No click and all the lights are lit, not even dim.
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Hammer Time
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Jan 31, 2012, 11:06 AM
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Re: 1988 BMW 735A cellunoid, starter, or alternator???
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Electrical diagnostic on a BMW with no electrical knowledge? .......... I really don't think so.
Someone needs to follow a wiring diagram and test various components while it's dead.
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DMMcCloskey
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Jan 31, 2012, 11:14 AM
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Re: 1988 BMW 735A cellunoid, starter, or alternator???
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How do you learn but to do. I need only a place to start. I have been researching and I will start without your help. I really am quite a capable person, self taught and all... I lived under a hood as a teen, but cars have changed and I always worked on american made not imports. With engine compartments big enough to climb into. I am not a painted finger nail and lip gloss kinda girl, although I've been told I clean up good once I get all the grease out from under my nails....
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Hammer Time
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Jan 31, 2012, 12:29 PM
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Re: 1988 BMW 735A cellunoid, starter, or alternator???
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OK, so I guess you just inherited the understanding of how electrical circuits work and how to test them without feeding back a $1000 module and having to replace it.
Here, go for it
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(This post was edited by Hammer Time on Jan 31, 2012, 1:57 PM)
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DMMcCloskey
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Jan 31, 2012, 12:47 PM
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Re: 1988 BMW 735A cellunoid, starter, or alternator???
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Thanks smarty pants. I was thinking more along the lines of where to start. On another post where it was a man I'm sure you started with a 1, 2, 3 etc. As in begin here, proceed to this once you have checked this.... I found the info on another website. I just have to wait for my hubby to get home to get a ride to get a voltmeter. Chauvinistic much??? My body may not be as strong as yours but my hands are much more delicately designed than yours(capable of getting into spots yours can't), and well as far as brains God made both of ours. Perhaps you should try using yours next time and be helpful with the knowledge you have....
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Hammer Time
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Jan 31, 2012, 1:59 PM
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Re: 1988 BMW 735A cellunoid, starter, or alternator???
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OK, you want to run your mouth like a typical dumb ass so I deleted my wiring diagrams. Get your diagrams elsewhere, or better yet, try fixing it without them.
Your question is now closed.
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