no start - nothing - help needed
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It sounds like it could be A bad starter solenoid. I had a similar problem on my inertia starter and it turned out to be a bad connection on the solenoid itself. Not sure if this helps. I'm not a really good electrical trouble shooter.
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Just a footnote to Malcolm's advice... jumper the solenoid terminals with the gearbox in neutral. You don't want to run over yourself.
You didn't say what year your car is. If you have the inertia starter, it has a separate solenoid and you want to try using a screwdriver or pair of pliers to jumper the two threaded solenoid terminals to each other. Make sure the screwdriver or pliers are not close to the body of the car or the engine block. You WILL get a big spark if the starter is in working condition. Don't let the spark scare you, this is normal.
You may want to use a wooden mallet to tap the starter to possibly unseat the motor brushes if they are stuck. The inertia starters also have a square drive shaft on the exposed end. You can put a wrench on that and wiggle the starter motor's armateur to see if things just stopped spinning at a bad time.
When you said that nothing happened when you turned the key to the start position, did you hear ANY sounds at all? Did you hear a click (loud or soft) and/or did you hear a rapid clicking?
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Okay. I parked the car for the weekend and went away. Came back and jumped in the car to head to church early to continue getting ready for service this morning. Turned the key, heard the electric fuel pump come on, the interior lights came on when I opened the door, the interior fan came on when I turned the key in the switch, and the radio came on but I got absolutely nothing to the engine/starter/????. I turn the key all the way and nothing. I tried jump starting it and nothing. Please help. I loaned out my winter driver to a friend in need this week and now am done to riding my bike all week. Please help.
Thanks,
Devin
Try jumping the two solenoid terminals (with the ignition switch in the on position of course) as everything else seems to work it you may have lost the signal from the ignition switch.
I will attempt this after church. If I find that it works and I did lose signal from the ignition switch am I looking for a loose wire?
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Okay. I parked the car for the weekend and went away. Came back and jumped in the car to head to church early to continue getting ready for service this morning. Turned the key, heard the electric fuel pump come on, the interior lights came on when I opened the door, the interior fan came on when I turned the key in the switch, and the radio came on but I got absolutely nothing to the engine/starter/????. I turn the key all the way and nothing. I tried jump starting it and nothing. Please help. I loaned out my winter driver to a friend in need this week and now am done to riding my bike all week. Please help.
Thanks,
Devin
Try jumping the two solenoid terminals (with the ignition switch in the on position of course) as everything else seems to work it you may have lost the signal from the ignition switch.
If in doubt, flat out. Colin Mc Rae MBE 1968-2007.
Give a car more power and it goes faster on the straights,
make a car lighter and it's faster everywhere. Colin Chapman.
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Not an expert by any means..... but from experience with my truck.... Did the wires fall off the starter?
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Okay. I parked the car for the weekend and went away. Came back and jumped in the car to head to church early to continue getting ready for service this morning. Turned the key, heard the electric fuel pump come on, the interior lights came on when I opened the door, the interior fan came on when I turned the key in the switch, and the radio came on but I got absolutely nothing to the engine/starter/????. I turn the key all the way and nothing. I tried jump starting it and nothing. Please help. I loaned out my winter driver to a friend in need this week and now am done to riding my bike all week. Please help.
Thanks,
Devin
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