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Offline Barb69

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Re: 1965 Skylark for sale on Dallas CL
« Reply #15 on: June 04, 2017, 10:06:48 PM »
Check the starter solenoid!

 If you turn the key, and there is absolutely nothing, that would be suspect.  The solenoid can be tested using a simple test lamp.
First check for power at the large terminal on the starter solenoid. The test lamp should light. Then need to check for power at the small terminals when the key is turned to start. If the lamp lights and the starter does not work, it is the solenoid.

  Loren
Thanks, I get the husband on that task. I'm away from Dusty till next sunday.

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Re: 1965 Skylark for sale on Dallas CL
« Reply #16 on: June 04, 2017, 10:12:06 PM »
Dear Barb, Tom, Loren, Walt, and mid-60s Buick "natives," . . . .

. . . Darn it Barb!  See what you did?  You got all the natives . . . . restless!! . . . . 

I thought it might be the battery , but no. It is not even trying to start.. 


Okay it may not be the battery and you've got a bunch of suggestions that you might be able to check out for yourself.  Certainly the 'Neutral Safety Switch' is an easy one to investigate.  Try wiggling the transmission lever and see if that makes any difference.  If the switch is worn moving the lever that might enough to restore contact and make Dusty turn over after all.

Still perhaps you should keep the trickle charger idea in the back of your head come autumn and winter (or summer monsoons.)  If you decide that you don't want Dusty to suffer in wet weather, he might need a trickle charger for extended periods of bad weather.

Best of luck in figuring out why Dusty won't wake up!  :icon_thumright:

Cheers, Edouard  :occasion14:

Dusty does not get wet unless is bath day. He has his own room all for himself. 

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Re: 1965 Skylark for sale on Dallas CL
« Reply #17 on: June 04, 2017, 10:13:46 PM »
Thank you guys, I will let you know what the mystery problem is.

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Any luck getting Dusty to wake up? (Re: 1965 Skylark on Dallas CL)
« Reply #18 on: June 12, 2017, 11:00:53 AM »
Dear Barb and mid-60s Buick electricians,

Thank you guys, I will let you know what the mystery problem is.


What's the news on Dusty?  Have you finally managed to get him to stop behaving like sleeping beauty?

Cheers, Edouard  :occasion14:

P.S. . . . You really need to get Dusty to keep up with the times.  The current Disney "retread" is "Beauty and the Beast!" . . . .

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Re: 1965 Skylark for sale on Dallas CL
« Reply #19 on: June 12, 2017, 11:40:02 AM »
He is going to the technician today.

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How is Dusty getting there? (Re: 1965 Skylark on Dallas CL)
« Reply #20 on: June 12, 2017, 03:02:50 PM »
Dear Barb and mid-60s Buick caregivers,

He is going to the technician today.


How is Dusty getting to the shop?  Did you have to have him transported on a flatbed tow-truck?

Definitely not something I enjoy having done to any car, especially a classic - but what can ya' do? 


Not that it helps really, but I do sympathize . . . Edouard

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Re: 1965 Skylark for sale on Dallas CL
« Reply #21 on: June 12, 2017, 03:06:38 PM »
 No on the flat bed. Since it was a friend doing a favor a couldn't be picky. Hope his time away is not long.

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Hope the ride wasn't too bumpy. (Was: 1965 Skylark on Dallas CL)
« Reply #22 on: June 12, 2017, 09:22:11 PM »
Dear Barb and mid-60s Buick owners who's cars are members of the family,

No on the flat bed. Since it was a friend doing a favor a couldn't be picky.

In such cases that's the best you can do.  I do hope Dusty didn't have too much of a bumpy ride.

Hope his time away is not long.

I'll second that motion!  :icon_thumright:

Cheers, Edouard  :occasion14: