[Silly Little Cars] Silly_little_cars Digest, Vol 74, Issue 3

Sun Jul 7 10:23:13 PDT 2013

@ Goaliefergie: Many Asian-made vehicles used a Mitsubishi gear-reduction
starter and many have an intermittent starting problem. In order of
ease-to-repair:
 I would look first at battery cables & terminals-even a small amount of
whitish/green corrosion can keep the starter from getting  the amount of
flowing electrons it requires. Take them apart & clean them even if they
look OK.(Make sure key is OFF when connecting/dis-connecting)
Next would be the key switch itself. With some pain you can reach the back
of switch and 'short' across the terminals to eliminate this possibility.
Lastly, remove the starter(Never done it, so I dont know how difficult this
is on a GO-4) DISCONNECT BATTERY FIRST. Where the thick battery cable goes
into the starter there is a tin/irregular-shaped cover. Inside are the
starter contacts-thick/copper  plates.
After many thousands of starts these get corroded/melted(its normal) Remove
these & take to local parts store(preferably NOT a large chain store) A
knowledgeable counter Person can match these up(Probably same as
Hyundai models) When you buy a cheap "Rebuilt" starter usually these
contacts are the only thing that's new.
About $20 for contacts VS. $100 + for starter.
Good luck-I hope its only the battery terminals.

Renzo

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> Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2013 18:55:34 -0400 (EDT)
> From: goaliefergy1 at aol.com
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> Subject: [Silly Little Cars] '97 Interceptor starting problems and
>         diagnostics questions
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> My Go-4 has been having intermittent starting problems (turn the key,
> everything lights up like normal but no crank). Do the 97 Interceptors have
> a Neutral Safety switch that prevents from starting the car, if so, where
> is it located (as from reading Festiva and Aspire forums, seems fairly
> common). I've looked but can't seem to find it?
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> Also, is do Interceptors have an OBD-I type diagnostic port? I know the
> Ford/Mazda/Kia ones aren't OBD-II, but wasn't sure if there was an OBD-I
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> Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2013 17:05:29 -0700
> From: Eve Minax <eve at eveminax.com>
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> Subject: [Silly Little Cars] Thinking about a nissan S-Cargo
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> HI all,
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> I'm in the Bay Area and still thinking about a 'silly" little car for me
> and my silly little dog:)
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> I think the interceptors etc may be a little too small.
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> I saw this today and began to get excited.
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> anyone know about the Nissan S-Cargo or have any other recs of cars that
> are small enough but reliable enough to cross bridges etc?
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> thanks,
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> Eve
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> http://flipacars.com/Nissan/Nissan-S_Cargo/photos.html?pic=4#gp-exit
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> On Jul 6, 2013, at 3:55 PM, goaliefergy1 at aol.com wrote:
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> > My Go-4 has been having intermittent starting problems (turn the key,
> everything lights up like normal but no crank). Do the 97 Interceptors have
> a Neutral Safety switch that prevents from starting the car, if so, where
> is it located (as from reading Festiva and Aspire forums, seems fairly
> common). I've looked but can't seem to find it?
> >
> > Also, is do Interceptors have an OBD-I type diagnostic port? I know the
> Ford/Mazda/Kia ones aren't OBD-II, but wasn't sure if there was an OBD-I
> port hiding somewhere.
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> Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2013 23:10:46 -0700
> From: "pbogie" <pbogie at comcast.net>
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> Subject: [Silly Little Cars] GO4 HELP
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> The person needing help with her go4 in the city. I have a 97 go4 and I
> can help you fix your car at no charge, I have replaced my radiator and
> water pump. you might just have a hose going bad. as far as the alt. belt
> it?s a easy adjustment, I would be happy to take a look at it, I would like
> to meet more people with interceptors. You can teach me at
> pbogie at comcast.net. and anyone else with problems with their go4s. Pete
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