no start, no start, then start.

[jastutte]

tonight my 96 D1 decided not to start when i turned the key. In fact, she made no sound at all. No click. Nothing. Did this twice. Then I shifted down to Neutral. Still nothing. No click. No Sound. Nothing. Put her back into park. Sat a for a couple of seconds and then turned the key and she fired right up.

The rover has 156,000 miles and runs great. No dash lights on, so, I'm not sure where to start looking. Any ideas? She does occasionally take a few seconds to turn over. But the starter sounds good and the battery is brand new. I have not had a chance to check my ground wires or the connection to the starter because it has been raining all week long and I have no garage.

Thanks,

 

[joey]

Sounds like either a bad connection or a battery issue if you got no sound at all.... could also be a starter problem. Check wires at the starter.

 

[jastutte]

would the crankshaft position sensor cause intermittent non starts? I had a F250 Diesel that did this occasionally and it turned out to be a faulty crank sensor.

 

[jastutte]

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[joey]

it can cause intermittent starts, but it would still crank.