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If the
car
will start
-
bu~
,
s talls when hot or
has.
a rough
Idle,
you
can suspect
CI
faulty IDLE ADJUSTMENT, a malfunctioning
AUTOMATIC; CHOKE or an
.~tremely
dirty and blocked
.
AIR
CLEANER ELEMENT. Clean polyurethane air cleaner or replace
poper
element
air cleaner
if
necessary. Idle
'adjustment
or
auto-
matic 'choke service
(othe.r
than that
outlined in
paragraph
D
above)
should be
-
performed
by
your
.
C
he.vrolet
Dealer.
If
-
t he
above Fuel SYst.em
chedcs and
the
checks
suggested under
the -Electrical System following
,
d o not correct the
,
malfunction, it is
recommended thClL.youturn to yo,:,r
Authori~
,
e d
Chevrolet Dealer
for,
further
che<:k$,'
bdjustments
or repairs;"
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ELECTRICAL,SYst1M
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Y
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~
.
If,
when
the ignition key is
turned;_
hi
'''S,art''
with
clutch de-
p'
r essedon
_
manualtran$missi(:m the
.
e
ngJ.ne
'will not
turn over,
you
have good
rea,
s
en' "
to'
suspect'el,
e
ctri,
~
altrouble.
-NOTE:N"ever r0
t11
0,
v e
_
De/cotron
, . .
1)0'
lead:wifhout flrstdisconned-
irig:.battery ground
col),
1
.,,;
' _ . . .
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Wh~n
there
is
no
respc:;.,·
i
e
'
a t
al'Uo-'ott~mpts
to
__
.s_
t ad
the
car,
check the obvious-your AUTOMAFC )'RAN5MISSION SELECTOR
lEVER mU$t be In
Ne~tral
or Park
posi.tio.
r ' ·before the
en_
~ i!1e
can be
started
.
Turning the IGNITION SWfTC,H rapidly backcmd forth
'
several times will sometimes
'
c ornict af.t¢or
inte~nalswitc:hcantact.
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,
The
BATTERY:
maybe discharged. HSQ'
, '
lights will be dim and
the horn will
have'
a poor tone if it will blow at Cilli.
Usually a garage
rechaige
will be necess.;:ary1o return
Ihe battery
to operation.
Oc(:asionally~,
however, a
lon-
g drive will recharge
the battery.
~
.
~
NOTE: lithe batteryis"deterrnined to be dead, and for no apparent
reason, have your Authorized
Chevr,
o fet Dealer check the
Battery, the GENERATOR and the VOLTAGE REGULATOR,
GEN.ERATOR trouble should already have been indicated by
the generator
indicator
light on the instrument panel.
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pOOR BATTERY CONNECTIONS may be suspected if the car has
operated properly
-
a short time before and now not even
the
horn
will operate. Check both ends of both battery cables.
'
If the con-
nections are
corroded,
a ,car may sometimes be restored to opera-
tion by removing all cable ends, scraping all contacting surfaces
dean
with
a pen knife, and rea$sembling. If
the
cables are broken,
they must be replaced. The power supply should now be restored
unless the battery is deed.
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If, however, the .lights and horn work properly but the starter
will still not turn-over, check the
STARTE~
connections. A "dick"
from the $tartersolenoid
,
indicates that the wiring to the
starter
is
properly installed. If
the
wiring seems
to
be clean and tightly in-
stalled,
the trouble --is
probably
_
in -the starter itself and should be
referred to
your
Authorized Chevrolet Dealer,
When the engine will "tu,n
ove'
r " but will not start, the following
items may be checked alon'9 with the ,Fuel System Checks listed
previously.
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With a
dean
dry
cloth
'
wipe the ceramic portions of the spark
plugs dry. In particularly
~amp
or .rainy weather -dampness may be
the
_
cause
of not sfarting, especi.
'olly when
the engine is cold.
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Check the cables at the fop
of the dIstributor and coil
CI,S
well
as each spark plug:
cable'
for
tightness ..
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If the
cor
will still nqt start,
check for sparkat fhe
spark
plugs
in the following manner:
Pull one of
'the
spork plug
wires off its
spark
plug. Insert a
short piece
of bare
wire (such as
Distributor ond
Coil Coble.
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