wizard
Well-Known Member
My 69 imperial will not crank over. It has been sitting for about a year without me starting it up. Normally it cranks right over and no problems. Today was different. I have a fresh charged battery as I confirmed this by firing up my 73 Imperial right up using same battery. The 73 sat for about a year also. All the 69 does when you turn the key is it makes a sound like "boing, boing, boing" every time you turn key to start it. Starter does not turn over. I tried moving the column shifter many, many times to see if safety switch was disengaged so it will start in either P or N. No luck. I did the old screwdriver trick sticking it down on starter terminals to bump the starter. It bumped once and all the other times it just showered sparks and did not here it engage/ move. Tried starting few times with key after doing this. No luck.
Anyone have any ideas? It always fired up every year. Not this time.
Anyone have any ideas? It always fired up every year. Not this time.