Peugeot 505 '85 Starting Problem Solved and Solved. (No, that's not a stutter.)

From: mhkaro@prodigy.net
Date: Mon 04 Mar 2002 - 10:59:05 EST

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    I finished the installation of the starter button on my '85 505 STI TD, and it looks trick (installed on the left lower dash, where there's a removable plate on most cars; red shielded button, satin black housing, little silver label). It works perfectly.

    Now, however, so does the key starter. Every time. Whereas before it didn't work at all. So what did I do this weekend that inadvertently fixed it? I have two guesses: (1) one of the wires in the fusebox that I reinsulated was involved, even though as far as I can tell the most affected wire was the one for the radio memory. (2) In the process of doing the starter button wiring, I had to remove the starter relays above the fusebox (so I could open up the fusebox). I had earlier removed and checked the relays, and they tested fine. But perhaps the act of repeatedly removing and reinstalling them cleaned some additional corrosion off the contacts.

    I don't think installing the auxiliary starter button was a waste of time; clearly there is or was SOME problem in the starter system wiring, and it's nice to have an emergency backup. Still, it illustrates once again that many of the problems we encounter in these cars may be less a matter of lack of quality and more a matter of not correctly apprehending the problem (even when our investigation proceeds appropriately; I KNOW I looked at that relay earlier...) The other moral of the story is to check the fusebox wiring carefully when everything else seems to check out individually OK. I would never have thought to check UNDER the fuse panel; I should have.

    Marty
    '85 505 STI TD (Start Me Up, I'll Never Start)
    '91 505 SW8 Turbo (You Make a Grown Man Cry) (at least troubleshooting your heating system does...)

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