Mosesatm
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Pulled the car into the garage after driving all over Houston running errands, turned the key to the off positon and removed the key, but the engine keeps running. Not running as in dieseling due to incorrect timing, but it keeps running! Put the key back in and flip it back and forth a few times.....nothing. I then pulled the small wire off the starter solenoid to kill the engine, then disconnected the positve battery cable.
Right away I assumed the ignition switch was faulty but the more I thought about recent events I'm not so sure.
I recently replaced the grungy old starter solenoid with a shiny new one but the new one is amazingly loud as it engages. I can hear it from inside the car with the hood closed.
My gauges were also bouncing around a bit so I installed a new instrument gauge regulator which then resulted in the gauges swinging from no reading to pegged a few times, then they all died.
Now the ignition switch freaks out.
It seems strange that the ignition switch fails the day after I change out those other 2 items, so I'm wondering if one of those 3 components is causing problems for the others, or if the switch just happened to die after I replaced solenoid and gauge regulator.
Any thoughts, other than possible poltergeist possession?
Right away I assumed the ignition switch was faulty but the more I thought about recent events I'm not so sure.
I recently replaced the grungy old starter solenoid with a shiny new one but the new one is amazingly loud as it engages. I can hear it from inside the car with the hood closed.
My gauges were also bouncing around a bit so I installed a new instrument gauge regulator which then resulted in the gauges swinging from no reading to pegged a few times, then they all died.
Now the ignition switch freaks out.
It seems strange that the ignition switch fails the day after I change out those other 2 items, so I'm wondering if one of those 3 components is causing problems for the others, or if the switch just happened to die after I replaced solenoid and gauge regulator.
Any thoughts, other than possible poltergeist possession?