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should i panic? its acting wired...

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  • Start date Start date Apr 27, 2005

Danish88GT

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Just drove my 88GT around all day with no probs whatsoever, then today i took it to the painters to get a brand new coat and a friend and me took apart almost the intire car - doors front fenders frontbumper cover and rear.. all the skirts ect also. the wired thing is when i started i turned on the engine and after around 20 secs it died. at the time i dident think much of it but now the car wont start at all!!!! shouldent the car start eventho the doors are off? i mean does the electrical in the doors have anything to do with the engine not starting? - do i need to run some kind og special check list when the battery has been disconnected?
someone please help me! i checked out all the wires ect to make sure that nothing had been pulled that shouldent be.. nothing is (was one fitting but it dident help putting it back together?)
 

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Maybe you tripped the inertia switch while you were taking it apart? Check to see if the button is popped out.
 

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Is the car sitting flat or do you have half the car on jack stands and less than a quarter tank of gas?

I had this problem this past weekend
 

Danish88GT

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Inertia switch?
does it have a red button? kinda big - sits in a black plastic compartment the size of a matchbox? and where can i find it? think i saw it somewhere - what does it do?


jb89coupe said:
Maybe you tripped the inertia switch while you were taking it apart? Check to see if the button is popped out.
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Danish88GT

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Offcause!!! thats it!! Inertia switch!!
Damn you rock dude! if was fiddling around the taillights and now that i think of it it did do something with it! might even have taken off its negative! that must be it for sure! I'll check it out asap!
great now i can get some sleep tonight!
 

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maybe I read your story wrong. Did you take your fenders off to prep them? I cna understand the doors and bumper cover but why the fenders?
 

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we took off the fenders because its easyer to get to the doors with the fenders off.. and everything is SO easy to take apart so..
 
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