Hi all,
This is my first post as I am a happy owner of 2 Deloreans since last month: one manual, one automatic.
Both cars have a mains switch breaker behind the passenger's seat.
The manual one (vin 3486) was running perfectly until a few days ago: I got into the car, tried to start the engine and I heard a loud grinding noise in the engine bay. The loud noise wouldn't stop even after taking the key off, so I had to turn the mains switch breaker off.
The noise comes from the starter motor as soon as I turn the mains switch breaker on, even if the key is not in. I thought it may be to do with relay #29 in the fuse box, but removing the relay makes absolutely no difference. Turning the key and trying to start the car makes no difference either.
The only thing I can think of is that the previous day I tried to organise the cables under the steering wheel (I have quite a mess there) and wonder if there may be some short circuit there, but I can't see anything wrong...
So the car is sitting in my garage (which makes the garage look beautiful), but I can't start the engine.
Any ideas? Thanks for your help!