I thought i had relief from the car, i was wrong,
the first time caught me in another city on saturday ( almost all business is closed in this day in Israel)
the starter spins but that's it, i've checked the shunt box & found one burned fuse, after replacing it, it was normal.

later this evening i had to take my father to hospital, the car agreed to start only after several attempts,
i went back in the middle of night, but now for the first time in 8 years it was total, i had to take texi.

day after i returned to the hospital parking with some tools, worked for 2 hours and couldn't found the cause.
checked wires, fuses, fuses holders all was functioning, finally i had an idea to check the 2 relay,
i forgot the test procedure for relay, so i switched one with another and the engine started immediately,

cool ! i thought
i finally found the solution, drove home and day after i had starting problem again,

going through the wiring few times, i new i was missing something, it should be simple :
when you start the engine 3 events happening at the same time:
1)an electric circle is closed and current flow to feed the starter motor.
2)a fuel is pumped to the injection system.
3) the ignition system should produce sparks.

i knew that only the last demand didn't meet, but why ?
i was working on the car in the street when some older guy with IDF uniform came to change a wheel in a car next to me,
and we start talking, he listened & immediately answered :"there another element that you missed checking, if the crank position sensor fail to work the engine won't start", he left and i tried the fist idea that come in my mind and knock on it,
that did the trick and the engine fired.

the trick lasted for 2 day than i probably destroyed the sensor for good,
went to my garage and borrowed new sensor, replacing the sensor should be very simple job,
but everything went wrong at that catastrophic weekend

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French military victories?
Did you mean French military defeats?

http://youtu.be/J---aiyznGQ

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Senior Test Automation Engineer for the 306GTi6 Owners Club Forum

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What car do you have?

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Senior Test Automation Engineer for the 306GTi6 Owners Club Forum

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Reflex and zx16v with blown engine.

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French military victories?
Did you mean French military defeats?

At that time i thought that there is no bracket and that the broken ear is a piece of the engine block.
if i had browse service box or autodata i could have known that, and looking at the photo i uploaded
you can see that it broke in a smooth line that follow the edge of the block it's bolted on.
i think that when i left the car for clutch replace, the mechanic bolted on refitting only one bolt of that bracket that mislead me too.

so after the first shock, i thought that i could maybe weld that broken ear with aluminum electrode in a stick welder
and hold it in my hand trying to match it to where it's was broken
when it slipped from my hand and fall down through that dark space right into to the clutch.
that was the second shock, and a blow to the ego there is always first time i thought, and i really wanted for once to dismantle and refit a gearbox.

but at first i tried to dig it, i could hold it in one finger but in the third attempt to make things even worse it slipped and fall down deeper than before.

i gave up and prepare myself mentally for dismantling the gearbox alone.
at morning of the day after i took the battery, ECU and all the bracket below when my neighbor (other one, and with private garage of vintage cars collection that he restored after work) came to check how i was doing, i've told him and he went to his garage and returned with welding stick and a small thin flashlight for digging the ear.

after few minutes of failed attempts i decided to return to plan B for the gear removal,
when my eye and mind finally caught what i should have noticed at the first time,
it was the one head bolt of the broken bracket (attached to the block) that raised my curiosity
i noticed also the other hole thread with missing bolt when i finally understood it's a separate part from the block.

removing the remainder of the broken bracket revealed more space i could work my finger and with the help of the flashlight i succeeded in digging that ear.

searching for used or new bracket turned out to be exhausting, a friend that promised it to me for free, changed his mind, new one cost way too much, and the fat scrapyard dealer that i found it there wanted ridiculous amount of money for it, that i didn't even try bargain with him, it was mistake, two days later i returned there for bargain and he told me that if i named my price back than he would sell it to me, but he thrown that bracket after i left.

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French military victories?
Did you mean French military defeats?

Welding cast aluminum with a pro & his magnificent Fronius MagicWave 3000 did the trick.

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French military victories?
Did you mean French military defeats?