Hello, 
I’m a middle aged female and I don’t have a ton of knowledge about cars, but I’m willing to learn and try. The most complicated thing I have done is replace ignition coils on a newer car and a starter on a boat.
Someone recently gave me an 85 Silver Spur, possibly a II, but the book doesn’t say that. It is a US market car, Vin SCAZN42A4FCX12371.
When I got it, the mineral oil on the inside half of the tank was at Min. It has been sitting with the battery switch off for 2 months on a trickle charger waiting for LMH oil filler tubes. The battery is charged to 100% per the charger. It has fuel. I have the LHM oil and the filler tube. This is the first time I have tried to start it since it got here. It drove here 700 miles no problem. When I do try to start it, in Run, the brake 1 and 2 lights are on. I understand those should go away once it starts. In Start, it makes a loud fast click/purr noise from up near the firewall, but it does not try to crank/turn over. Sounds like a very big typewriter typing. The only thing I have tried is swapping the starter relay with a wiper relay, and I have tried with the hood and trunk open and closed because I thought there might be a safety switch. There is a ball valve below and forward of the the hydraulic tank that appears to be closed. The woman who drove it here says sometimes she had to turn the key from off to run to off 2 or 3 times to start it after refueling, but that does not work now, and it was not making this clicking noise then. I feel like this could be a simple thing, but I don’t know where to start.
Thank you very much for reading!
I’m a middle aged female and I don’t have a ton of knowledge about cars, but I’m willing to learn and try. The most complicated thing I have done is replace ignition coils on a newer car and a starter on a boat.
Someone recently gave me an 85 Silver Spur, possibly a II, but the book doesn’t say that. It is a US market car, Vin SCAZN42A4FCX12371.
When I got it, the mineral oil on the inside half of the tank was at Min. It has been sitting with the battery switch off for 2 months on a trickle charger waiting for LMH oil filler tubes. The battery is charged to 100% per the charger. It has fuel. I have the LHM oil and the filler tube. This is the first time I have tried to start it since it got here. It drove here 700 miles no problem. When I do try to start it, in Run, the brake 1 and 2 lights are on. I understand those should go away once it starts. In Start, it makes a loud fast click/purr noise from up near the firewall, but it does not try to crank/turn over. Sounds like a very big typewriter typing. The only thing I have tried is swapping the starter relay with a wiper relay, and I have tried with the hood and trunk open and closed because I thought there might be a safety switch. There is a ball valve below and forward of the the hydraulic tank that appears to be closed. The woman who drove it here says sometimes she had to turn the key from off to run to off 2 or 3 times to start it after refueling, but that does not work now, and it was not making this clicking noise then. I feel like this could be a simple thing, but I don’t know where to start.
Thank you very much for reading!