<VV> ignition switch

[Frank DuVal]

If it does the no start again, have some one turn the switch to start 
while you measure the voltage on the purple wire. This purple wire can 
be found in the engine compartment near the large hole in the engine 
shroud where the harness wiring goes through. It is one of two terminals 
in a two terminal connector that goes to the starter. If the purple wire 
has voltage while holding the key in start, the problem is the starter 
or wiring connected to it.

Frank DuVal

mhicks130 at cox.net wrote:

>So Thursday night before the Vair Fair I go to start the car to go get gas and I notice that my wife (who drives a Rampside often) has left the ignition switch in the "ACC" posiiton instead of "OFF".  Well, the car wouldn't start, no click, no nuthin.  I figure the battery's dead so I get the jumpers out and still nuthin.  Hmmm.   So I tell her we'll be taking the minivan to the Vair Fair (the Rampside was full of mulch).  A couple hours later I try to start it (just for grins) and whattayaknow, it starts.  So we drive for 3 hours Friday up to the show and then we have to stop to check the mappng software on the laptop and when we go to restart - nuthin.  Luckily we were on top of a hill so we roll-started.   
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>I figured it was the switch getting hot and not working but working when it was cold.  I got a few dissenting opinions at the show but bought a NOS anyway.  I put it in and it seems to have fixed the problem.  The car started right up cold but it also started up after stopping for gas and after stopping at a rest stop after 2 hours of driving.  
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>There were no outward signs of badness on the switch.  I haven't checked it out any yet to see If I can find anything wrong with it but I'd have to get it hot somehow to make it fail anyway.  
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>mikeH
>Seaford, VA
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