Challenge Car Set Back

So, I didn't make it to the challenge last year because my car didn't run.

So, this year I decided to buy a running car. I drove it about 300 miles home with no problem and have driven it around the block several times with no problem.

So, tonight I replaced the overflow tube and changed the oil. I rolled it out into the driveway and was going to fire it up and drive it around a little. When I went to start it something shorted out and instantly drained the battery.

So, I pushed the POS back into the garage and called it a night as I don't feel like tracking down an electrical short at the moment.

If it was bad enough to drain the battery you should just be able to follow the smoke!

Yeah, I'll find it, just not tonight.

Seems I always have this kind of luck on car projects. I know I'm not the only one it's just really irritating sometimes.

Just about everything that has gone wrong with my motorcycle project has been my own fault. Maybe it's because I keep using a standard hammer on a metric bike.

I need to ask... is it english?

The mind just boggles at the thought of a Lucas electrical system.

mad_machine wrote: I need to ask... is it english?

Nope........German

what is it about aging german electronics?

the next lucas?

Your car has an engine? Pssshhh. Dude, you're WAY ahead of the game.

poopshovel wrote: Your car has an engine? Pssshhh. Dude, you're WAY ahead of the game.

Yeah man no need to worry at least you can recall the last time the car ran.

THAT is your big set back? I guess it's all relative, but I'd say you don't have it too bad.

Bryce

Nashco wrote: THAT is your big set back? I guess it's all relative, but I'd say you don't have it too bad. Bryce

Didn't say it was big. My only real goal is to have a car at the challenge this year. I'll be the one driving the biggest POS there.

jwdmotorsports wrote:

Nashco wrote: THAT is your big set back? I guess it's all relative, but I'd say you don't have it too bad. Bryce

Didn't say it was big. My only real goal is to have a car at the challenge this year. I'll be the one driving the biggest POS there.

Not if we don't finish "plan A."