Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site alice.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!alice!bea From: bea@alice.UUCP (Bea Chambers) Newsgroups: net.auto Subject: another strange starting problem Message-ID: <4174@alice.UUCP> Date: Sun, 18-Aug-85 20:34:52 EDT Article-I.D.: alice.4174 Posted: Sun Aug 18 20:34:52 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 20-Aug-85 21:03:16 EDT Organization: Bell Labs, Murray Hill Lines: 13 I have a 1981 Datsun 310GX, manual transmission. We have had intermittant starting problems since we have had the car. It does not matter if the car is cold or warm. When I turn the key, silence. Luckily, this once happened at the Datsun dealer and they replaced the starter motor ( under warantee). Well, we went through 4 starter motors, all free, but still had the problem. My clever husband figured out that if this happens, put the car in 2nd gear, and rock the car. Well, that works every time. I now have 45000 miles on the car and the starting problem is as intermittent as it ever was. Sometimes we can go for several weeks without a problem and sometimes it will happen every other day for a while. Since we can always start the car by rocking it in gear, I really don't care about getting it fixed. I am only posting this for interest....and maybe this strange fix will bail out someone else?