Electrical System - GMC Chevrolet CAMARO 1969 Owner's Manual

If the car will starf but stalls when hof or has a
(F)
you can suspect a faulty IDLE ADJUSTMENT, u malfunctioning
AUTOMATIC CHOKE or an extremely dirfy and blocked AIR
CLEANER ELEMENT. Clean
paper element air cleaner if necessary.
matic choke service (ofher than that outlined in paragraph D above)
should be performed by your Chevrolet Dealer.
If fhe above Fuel System checks and fhe checks suggested under
the Electrical Sysfem following do not correct the malfunction, it is
furn to your Authorized Chevrolef Dealer
recommended that you
for further checks, adlusfments or repairs.

ELECTRICAL SYSTEM

If, when the ignition key is furned to "Start", the engine will not
turn over, you have good reason to suspect electrical trouble.
NOTE: remove
battery ground cable.
When there is no response ot all to aftempts to start the cor,
(F)
check the obvious-your AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SELECTOR
LEVER must be in Neutral or Pork position before theengine can be
IGNITION
started. Turning fhe
several fimes will somefimes correct a poor infernal switch contact.
(G) The BATTERY may be discharged. If so, Iighfs will be dim and
the horn will have a poor tone if it will blow at all.
Usually a garage recharge will be necessary to refurn the battery
to operation. Occasionally, however, a long drive will recharge fhe
battery.
NOTE: If fhe battery is determined to be dead, and for no apparent
Authorized
have your
battery, the GENERATOR and
GENERATOR trouble should
indicator
rough idle,
polyurethane air
cleaner or replace
Idle adiusfmenf or aufo-
lead without first disconnecting
SWITCH rapidly back and forth
Chevrolef Dealer check the
REGULATOR.
have been
POOR BATTERY CONNECTIONS may be suspected if the cor has
operated properly o 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 cor may sometimes be restored to opera-
removing all
Hon by cable ends, scraping all contacting surfaces
clean with a pen knife, and reassembling. If the cables are broken,
fhey must be replaced. The power supply should now be restored
unless the battery is dead.
lf, however, the lights and horn work properly but the starter
(H)
will still not furn over, check the STARTER connections. A "click"
from the starter solenoid indicates that the wiring to the starter is
If fhe wiring seems to be clean and tightly in-
properly installed.
stalled, the trouble is probably in the starter itself and should be
referred fo your Authorized Chevrolet Dealer.
When the engine will "turn over" buf will not sfart, the following
items may be checked along with the
previously.
With a clean dry cloth wipe the ceramic portions of the spark
(I)
plugs dry. In particularly damp or rainy weather dampness may be
the cause of not starting, especi-
ally when the engine is cold.
(J) Check the cables at the top
of the distributor and coil as well
as each spark plug cable for
tightness.
(K) lf the car will still not sfart,
check for spark at the spark plugs
in the following manner:
Pull one of the spark plug
wires off ifs spark Plug-
short piece of bare wire (such as
72
Fuel Sysfems Checks listed
insert a
and Coil Cables