hi all,
i driving datsun B310

i have a strange problem
maybe someone can help me...
or teach me how to troubleshoot?


..
this strange problem have been haunting me for sometimes already...
since last year..


first time.
i driving.
then suddently no electric (at night somemore)
so the engine died, no light, no signal,
lucky got petrol station so i roll in there

later i touch here touch there
than got electric again. so i drive away

than later no problem in few months. :(





second thing.
this is few months that i seldom use car
so sometimes the car cannot start
when i turn on, the batt. light is there
but the starter just 'tik' one sound, and not turn
(some foreman say is starter problem due to carbon resides in there)

but if i open the bonet and touch here touch there
than can start again.

so sometimes u see me in parking lot, in petrol station
i have to open bonet to touch here touch there
in order to start the car




than, later on
i got use my car everyday
the problem seems like GONE .. :(


.....so no problem fore few months....



than yesterday..
when i wan to start the car
i turn, see batt. light,
than realize my air-cond is on. so i off the key, switch off the aircond
and start again
and


SAME tHING happened again!!!
no electric or what so ever
the light no work, the batt. light not working, hb light no working.

so i open bonet, touch here touch there...
good.. got electric back!!

than i turn to ignition..
'tik' sound.. than starter wont turn! (like 2nd problem)
than i go touch here touch there again
and can start.
so i just go home







than today morning.
i start the car
than i start to drive when the car still cold and shaking a lot
than the engine died (engine too cold and no choke)

than when i want to start again,
NO ELECTRIC again!!!!

than i open up bonet, touch here touch there

can work again



anyone know what problem is that??

is really fustrating as i cant take to the mech
cause the problem gone sometimes...






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and the thing is
the light, example the handbrake light
when its on, its not stable... sometimes brigther sometimes dimmer

and at night, i on the small lamp (can see dashboard light)
when i turn on the headlight, the lights on the dash seems off a while (maybe 1/2 a second)

one day evening i driving uphill and switch on the light, the car jerk like wants to stall



anyone can help me?