87 740 turbo no power through ignition

Discussion in 'Volvo 740' started by CovertSpy, Aug 22, 2003.

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    CovertSpy Guest

    parked the baby at night and in the morning no-go: Turn the key and no
    power comes on at all (no lights, etc, not to mention the engine).
    battery is fine and so are the fuses. can start her up using jumper
    cables though, but as soon as I turn the ignition off the only way to
    start her up again is through the cables. anything I can look at
    before taking her to the mechanic's?
     
    CovertSpy, Aug 22, 2003
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    Stuart Gray Guest

    If it fires with a jump start but not with its own battery I would suspect
    the battery has gone south. Have you got another battery to test this? Or
    can you take the battery out and take it to a shop to test it? I know you
    said the battery is fine, are the battery leads on tight, mebbe putting a
    crocodile clip from the jump leads over them is causing a good contact?

    Stuart.
     
    Stuart Gray, Aug 22, 2003
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    Mike F Guest

    I too would suspect the battery, but if there's a bad connection between
    the battery and one of the big cable terminals, you could see this
    problem as well. Jumper cables bypass this connection because you
    connect them directly to the terminals. If you're doing the jump
    starting as you're supposed to, connecting the negative cable to the
    engine block, so your last connection is not made near the battery,
    you're then bypassing the whole negative cable, so that could be suspect
    too.
     
    Mike F, Aug 25, 2003
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